This has always been one of my favorite Willie Nelson songs. He wrote the great lyrics. But I've heard a version that surpasses Willie's. It's by Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, on his 2006 solo album
You're Only Lonely. Not a country album, but rather a hauntingly beautiful collection of songs, all but one of them slow and romantic. The man can sing! You'd never guess he was a country singer. Check out a sample
here. It's the 2nd track. When you've listened to that sample, listen to the 11th track,
Remember. See if he hooks you like he did me.
