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Kellie Pickler, 'Rockaway (The Rockin' Chair Song)' - Story Behind the Lyrics

Kellie Pickler Rockaway The Rockin' Chair SongGetty Images for CMT

If you don't have Kellie Pickler's 100 Proof album, you're missing out on some great songs that never made it to radio, including one plucked from the singer's own love story with husband Kyle Jacobs. "Rockaway (The Rockin' Chair Song)," which Kellie co-wrote with Brent Cobb and Barry Dean, was inspired by the blond beauty's very first date with her songwriting beau.

"Our first date was at Cracker Barrel, and they have all of the rocking chairs lined up out front that you can purchase or just sit there and wait for your name to be called to go in and eat," Kellie tells The Boot. "We sat out there in those rocking chairs for Lord knows how long, and played twenty questions and got to know each other. We talked and talked, and fell in love with one another in those chairs outside of Cracker Barrel.

"Then for my birthday, he went to Cracker Barrel and bought two rocking chairs and carved our names in them," she continues with a smile. "They're on our front porch, and that's where we like to go sit and try to solve all of the world's problems! So, 'Rockaway' is about those chairs."

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