Tim McGraw Adds ‘My Friend’ To New Song
Tim McGraw has released his new song “Paper Umbrellas” featuring Parker McCollum. The new collaboration provides a fresh take on the fan-favorite track from McGraw’s 2023 album Standing Room Only.
“Paper Umbrellas” was written by Monty Criswell and Drake Milligan, and is produced by Byron Gallimore, McGraw, and Eric Masse.
The chorus of the new song’s lyrics are: “It’s gonna take a lot of Pina Coladas / If you’re gonna drink him off your mind I’ll sit here a little longer and get us something stronger / Something that’ll work in half the time / ‘Cause when love don’t shine like you thought it would / Ain’t nothing quite like good tequila straight / To chase the clouds away / Yeah, girl, I’m here to tell ya paper umbrellas / Look good on top but they won’t stop the rain.”
Tim posted the news to Instagram, writing, “Had to have my friend Parker McCollum join me on this one! Listen to Paper Umbrellas (ft. Parker McCollum) out now on all platforms!!”
See that post here.
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McGraw recently revealed that there really isn’t a song of his that he is sick of singing live. He said there might be nights where his voice is a little tired, and he’s leery of singing certain songs because he’s not sure if he’ll be able to hit the high notes, but that’s the only time he wishes he didn’t have to sing certain songs. But when it comes to his favorite songs to sing live, he does have a few.
Tim told us, “It changes all the time. I think every artist will tell you when you get a chance to play your new stuff, that’s always fun. You look forward to that. The problem is you only have room to play a couple of new songs because during the show you might have a chance to play 20 songs. And so, the hardest thing to do is put together a set list, ’cause you’re not gonna get everybody’s favorite songs sometimes, or most of the time.”
He added, “And so, you just try to create an environment that everybody’s having fun in and everybody enjoys it. You know, ‘Live Like You Were Dying’ is always something that I don’t think I could ever get away from performing live and not doing, so I love doing that one. ‘Cowboy In Me’ is one I always enjoy singing live. And ‘(Where the) Green Grass Grows’ has always been one of my favorites live.”
