That Don T Sound Like You Analysis

“That Don’t Sound Like You” is written by Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley and Lee Brice, who is also the performer. This song was written and recorded in 2014 and released in 2015. Throughout grade school, Lee Brice was very close friends with a female classmate. After graduating they parted ways. Brice and his friend ended up meeting again one day and everything was different. A girl who once was a southern bell was transformed to a dull, lifeless person. She had met someone who changed her into a completely different person. Brice’s intended audience seem to be the girl first and foremost, but also young and older adults, those who have been through similar experiences. This twangy, casual country song is told with a forthright tone.
The casual language of the song helps the audience understand the storyline much easier. The song is southern, so using words such as “drawl” and “gravel road” assist the listeners in thinking like the singer. The flow of the story is also easy to follow and explains the theme of new people causing change in one person. The girl, once full of life, separates from her best friend and meets a new guy in a

He shows to her that he still cares deeply about her and she can change back, it’s not too late. At the end of the song the first three lines, “Girl, I’m glad you called, first heard you talk/ took me a second cause I couldn’t hear/ your drawl”, are repeated. The repetition of this line magnifies the change within his friend, the adaptation so large that her voice is completely different. After a long separation, the bond between these once best friends is only something of the past. It only takes one person to influence the change within another, no matter where they come from or who they grow up