By CHRIS TALBOTT
AP Entertainment Writer
LAS VEGAS – Miranda Lambert and her parents always swear they’re not going to cry when they talk about the country firebrand’s latest single, “The House That Built Me.”
It goes the same every time, though. Within minutes, all three are in tears. And how could they not be, when the song reflects a difficult eight-year period in their lives that included homelessness and despair? When they talk about the song – or even just hear it – so many emotions rush back.
Lambert didn’t write her country top 10 hit, “The House That Built Me,” but she might as well have. Written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, it’s a pitch-perfect retelling of her childhood, and the Lamberts were shocked when they found out she didn’t pen the song.