For the most part, the music is what really holds my attention. I can't think of a time when a lyric convinced me to like a song I would not otherwise have wanted to listen to. BUT if a lyric is really cringe it ruins the song for me. A lot of country songs are like this (I call it "country cleaver"). Like Pour Me (Trick Pony). Like "poor me" and "pour me" - get it? yuk. A like Shania Twains voice and a lot of her arrangements are killer, but "Man - I Feel Like A Woman" and "Looks like we Made it" just seem. While I'm bashing country music, I would say I'm not a big fan of the fake southern twang either.