Alyssa Lies

Infobox Single
Name = Alyssa Lies


Caption =
Artist = Jason Michael Carroll
from Album = Waitin' in the Country
A-side =
B-side =
Released = December 2006
Format = CD single, download
Recorded = 2006
Genre = country music
Length = 4:19
Label = Arista Nashville
Writer = Jason Michael Carroll
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Alyssa Lies" (2006)
Next single = "Livin' Our Love Song" (2007)
Misc =

"Alyssa Lies" is a song recorded by country music artist Jason Michael Carroll. Released in late 2006, the song was the lead-off single to Carroll's album "Waitin' in the Country".

Background

Carroll took three years to write "Alyssa Lies"; the song was so emotionally painful to write that he got migraines while writing. It seemed to Carroll that no matter what he wrote, he would never be satisfied with it. When he realized that he would not be able to make the song perfect, he tried the best he could to make it realistic and sufficiently emotional. After three years, he felt it was as heartfelt as he could make it, and recorded the song.

ong narrative

The song is about a young girl who met a school friend named Alyssa, who is suffering abuse. To explain her injuries, Alyssa lies to the teachers and classmates, so as not to implicate the culprit. The narrator's daughter had all explained this to him, and then asks why Alyssa lies about her situation ("My little girl asked me why Alyssa lies").

Eventually, the father (the singer) of the little girl, after hearing her pray one night for Alyssa's safety, decides to report the suspected abuse at school. However, when they get to school on Monday, it is too late; Alyssa has apparently died from her injuries. Thus the lyrics, "She doesn't lie in the classroom ... Alyssa lies with Jesus." The singer goes on to bemoan the failings of her teachers and others who could have reported the abuse, and then tells how he had to tearfully explain why Alyssa wasn't at school.

Response

Listeners have called radio stations to relate their tearful experiences of listening to the song. People were calling in to radio stations and telling of their tears, and their connections. On the radio station 93.7 The Bull located in St.Louis Missouri, a trucker called in and said he had just listened to the song, and his eyes had become so filled with tears that he almost veered off of the road. [ [http://www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com/site.php?content=about Jason Carroll site] ]

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