Freakylittlepixie very good guess but the song is about when natalie said during a concert that they were "embarrassed to say they were from Texas". Making negitive reference to our former president from Texas who made some very bad and deadly descisions during his two terms in office. We are still paying the price today! Anyway, after she made this comment all the Country Music radio stations black balled the Dixie Chicks and refused to play anything by them for four years! Natalie faced death treats and received hate mail. After the first four years in office, and not long into the second term people began to realize that Bush was not the ideal president and that natalie was a smart girl way before her time. So, the Dixie Chicks began to write music, raise their families and wait. They released a new album. Main stream radio, completely by passing the Country stations that had black balled them. This song is about this experience.