The female narrator of the song knows her man is not in love with her, but is willing to stay to avoid hurting her. Her dilemma is whether to let him go to end the painful situation, or to stay to keep the man she adores. In the end of the video, the man leaves after a fight, and Reba (narrator) symbolically releases a wild horse.
This was written by Nashville songwriters Charlie Black (Anne Murray's "Shadows In The Moonlight"), Austin Roberts (Betty Buckley's "Over You"), and Bobby Fischer (BlackHawk's "Goodbye Says It All"). Fischer was managing up-and-coming country singer Cee Cee Chapman, and the song originally appeared on her 1988 debut album, Twist of Fate, but wasn't released as a single. Reba's rendition was a #1 hit on the Country chart.
After Fischer's partnership with Chapman fell through, he shopped this around to different labels until he landed on Reba McEntire at MCA. Arista Records had turned it down, predicting "it's not a breakthrough song." Fischer keeps the rejection letter on the wall in his office.
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