My Review: 9
I love this song. It’s funny, it’s poignant, it’s well written. It’s written in 3/4 time and played as though it were a waltz itself. I just think it’s brilliant. Willie Nelson wrote it and published it first on his concept album “Shotgun Willie” in 1973, one of his very best albums in my opinion. Cake covered it on their 1996 album Fashion Nugget, also an amazing album.
I really like both versions. I’m running a poll to see which version people like better.
You can listen to the Cake version here. You can listen to the Willie Nelson version here. You can also listen to each in the Box.net widgets below, and the one on the right side. The album art below links to Amazon’s MP3 store. If you don’t own these albums already, you should buy them.
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