Seven years later, Kassi Ashton releases The Straw New Country 103.1 [Video]

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Kassi Ashton wrote “The Straw” seven years ago, and she’s finally released it.

The pensive breakup track chronicles a woman’s struggle to hang on to a frayed relationship and her eventual decision to end things because she’s completely worn out.

“My back aches, my bones break/ I was the only one willing to change/ Who cares what made it heavy anyway/ The straw,” Kassi sings in the chorus.

“This is the oldest song on the album,” she shares in a press statement. “I was at a writing camp, and I had just broken up with my boyfriend and I hadn’t seen Lori (McKenna) in a while, so I was telling her about the breakup: ‘Well, the straw that broke my back was…’ And she goes, ‘Oh, I’ve always wanted to write that…’ I just looked at her and started crying. I wrote it right there with Lori and Luke Lairdon …