Walk a Little Straighter

"Walk a Little Straighter"
Single by Billy Currington
from the album Billy Currington
Released	April 21, 2003
Format	CD Single
Genre	Country
Length	3:43
Label	Mercury Nashville
Writer(s)	Carson Chamberlain Casey Beathard Billy Currington
Producer	Carson Chamberlain
Billy Currington singles chronology
"Walk a Little Straighter" (2003) "I Got a Feelin'" (2004)
Music video "Walk a Little Straighter" at CMT.com

"Walk a Little Straighter" is the debut single of country music artist Billy Currington that reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks, peaking at #8.

Content

The song tells a story of a boy whose father has alcoholism. It starts by telling about the boy waiting for his dad to come home at night, and then his dad just going and passing out drunk in his chair. Then it talks about the boy, now 18 years old and graduating from high school, watching his father leave the gym drunk before the boy's name was called. In the end, it says that one thing the boy learned from his father is that he will never be a drunk and put his kids through that.

Chart performance

"Walk a Little Straighter" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 3, 2003.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	8
US Billboard Hot 100	67