The personal, humble “Dime Store Cowgirl” is one of the best from Kacey MusgravesPageant Material album. Find this singer and storyteller at her best during this three-and-a-half minute biography that is at times funny, contrite and revealing.

Sonically, “Dime Store Cowgirl” is a grade-A production. Pedal steel cries add flavor and pathos to Musgraves' city-by-city approach to telling her story. “And I made it all the way past Austin City Limits / And maybe for a minute, I got too big for my britches, but …” she sings to close a catchy first verse.

“I’m just a dime store cowgirl / That's all I'm ever gonna be / You can take me out of the country / But you can't take the country out of me,” Musgraves adds during the chorus, before the breakdown:

“Cause I'm still the girl from Golden / Had to get away so I could grow / But it don't matter where I'm goin' / I'll still call my hometown home.”

References to Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons and saguaro cactuses add a southwestern flavor to her second single from Pageant Material. It feels dry and dusty, but Musgraves’ sugar-sweet voice and the toe-tapping melody bring the needed rain shower. Over and over one sings along as she says:

“And I kinda fell in love with a Palm Springs trailer park / But those California stars could never steal my heart, cause … I’m just a dime store cowgirl.”

“Dime Store Cowgirl” was quietly released as a single, so it’s difficult to believe it’s her next hit, and that’s a shame. The song is as straight down Country Main Street as she gets. It’d sound fine between any two on the radio.

Key Lyrics: “I’m just a dime store cowgirl / That’s all I’m ever gonna be / You can take me out of the country / But you can’t take the country out of me.”

Did You Know?: Musgraves tapped the legendary Paul Franklin to play pedal steel on songs from Pageant Material. The steel playing on "Dime Store Cowgirl" is subtle and brilliant.

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