"A Broken Wing" is a song written by James House, Sam Hogin and Phil Barnhart, and recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride.
In the song, the narrator recounts a young woman escaping from an emotionally abusive relationship.
[3] Regarding the second verse, wherein the husband finds "a note by the window / and the curtains blowin' in the breeze," the authors of the book My Country Roots wrote the song's conclusion could be interpreted to indicate the woman either escaped or committed suicide.
[5] The music video was directed by Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV, also collectively known as Deaton-Flanigen Productions.
The video features McBride singing the song at the Croft House in the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere.