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, Dickey Lee and Bucky Jones, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from the album '' Lonesome Standard Time''. The song reached number 19 on the ''

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covered the song on his 1994 album '' Have a Little Faith'', as did Don Williams on his 1992 album ''Currents''.

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1993 singles 1992 songs Kathy Mattea songs Joe Cocker songs Don Williams songs Songs written by Bucky Jones Songs written by Dickey Lee Songs written by Bob McDill Mercury Records singles Song recordings produced by Brent Maher {{1993-country-song-stub