Daily Digital Download: Jake Owen 'What We Ain't Got' [VIDEO]

Another warning! Don't watch this video without tissue available. I LOVE this song! I love the lyrics and Jake really feels this song, that's why I chose it for my Daily Digital Download today.

"What We Ain't Got" was recorded by Jake Owen and released in August 2014 as the third single from his fourth studio album Days of Gold. The song was written by Travis Meadows and Travis Jerome Goff.

The song is a ballad accompanied mainly by piano, with backing vocals by Sarah Buxton. In it, Jake sings about wanting back a loved one who has left him, and reflecting on those who want what they cannot obtain.

Owen told Taste of Country that he knew the song would be a "risk" to release as a single, as he usually releases up-tempo songs about partying and "fought" to release a song with a stronger subject matter. He told Billy Dukes that "I’m at a point in my life where it’s important to me to release songs like this that I’ve always believed in".

He went on to say..

“Stepping on stage every night, like my mom would call me and cry and say, ‘I just don’t know what’s gonna happen with Dad.’ And this would be an hour before showtime. And then I have to go out there — Mr. ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ — and smile and act like everything was totally OK and lift everyone else up when I wanted to be lifted up a little bit.”

You can read the entire article on our Taste Of Country site. He talks about his dad's battle with cancer and how songs like this are so rare in country music anymore. I'm glad he released this song.

Can I personally say "I HATE CANCER!" I lost my Dad to cancer in May of 2010 and I swear it seems like just yesterday! I miss him so much, every day and especially this time of year. Christmas was his favorite holiday. I loved sitting in the church choir with him and singing all the religious Christmas songs. I asked someone if it gets easier and they said no, that you will just be sitting there and all of a sudden a memory will come to you and you will miss him even more. I hate that! I want my Dad back.

Daily Digital Download: Jake Owen ‘What We Ain’t Got’ [VIDEO]