Concluding my ranking of the songs on Miranda Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas…
#1. ‘Run’
This song was definitely written about Lambert’s split from Blake Shelton — in fact, it was written in the months following their split but remained unrecorded for nine years.
I chose ‘Run’ as the album’s best track because I’m blown away by its honesty. Lambert owns up to her restless nature, admitting that she deep down knew she would leave the relationship.
The song’s final lines are a real gut punch: “Oh, this freedom I found, baby, sure wasn’t free / I owe you a lifetime of apologies / I’m tellin’ the truth now, I love you so much / I’m sorry for lyin’ about who I was.”
Sorrow, regret, betrayal, self-deception, but also an admirable self-awareness… so many tough emotions are bottled up inside this little power ballad. In two minutes and 45 seconds, it sums up so much of what I love about Miranda Lambert.
Well, it wasn’t that you didn’t have the answers
There was just no question in my mind
I was gonna run
And you took too long to see I was unhappy
And I took too long to tell you that I was gonna run
I was gonna run
[Verse 2]
I’m trying to survive in this state of defeat
Is it you or I that really lost me?
I’m lookin’ for someone I wasn’t with you
We held on for dear life, babe, but both of us knew I was gonna run
I was gonna run
[Bridge]
Oh, this freedom I found, baby, sure wasn’t free
I owe you a lifetime of apologies
I’m tellin’ the truth now, I love you so much
I’m sorry for lyin’ about who I was
I was gonna run
I was gonna run
Ooh, I always was gonna run
Meet Me In Montauk 
Well her loss is Gwen’s gain. Things ultimately seemed to work out for both Blake and her, although I’d expect rather nervous if I were that former NY cop. His days living as a country mouse may be numbered!