Boiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina in the United States and is located in the westernmost part of the Charlotte metropolitan area located about 50 miles away from the city. As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 4,647.[4] It is home to GardnerâWebb University.
No one really knows who said the phrase Three cords and the truth first. Its like the metaphor Two wrongs don't make a right its just a saying. Some person just started saying and it caught on. The Three cords part is from the three stringed banjo, the original country instrument. And the -and the Truth. implies on the truth of the Bible, God, and Jesus Christ.
The first verse and chorus were written by robby. The second verse was written by jim. The song is about trying your best in life and love, leaving behind inhibitions and knowing the worst that can happen in death, the inevitable. Ray came up with the beginning and John came up with the beat. It was put together at the beginning of their career. Jim had asked everyone to go home and try their hand at writing a new song and robby came in the next day with this one, (ray manzarek, light my fire).