Keith Urban is still a little bitter over a rough breakup in this country ballad. Kept awake at night by memories of his ex, who has moved on with someone else, he finds comfort that someday she'll be the one thinking of him on lonely nights.
We're kind of surprised this didn't end up being a LeAnn Rimes song, considering all three of its writers share an extensive history with the country songstress. Dennis Matkosky and Ty Lacy penned her hit "I Need You," while Darrell Brown went on to write and produce most of Rimes' Spitfire album.
According to Matkosky, the ballad grew out of Lacy's emotions surrounding a recent breakup. He also credits Lacy with the song's famous, oft-misheard lyric, "And take your cat and leave my sweater, 'cause we have nothing left to weather" - which spurred a debate over whether Urban was singing "cat" or "cap" (it is, indeed, "cat"). Matkosky told the Songcraft podcast he knew the line was a keeper when a publisher told him he should change it.
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