Kacey Musgraves’ new album hasn’t made much of a splash, with only one of its songs appearing on the Hot 100 — ‘Deeper Well,’ all the way down at #76.
But Musgraves’s duet with Zach Bryan, ‘I Remember Everything,’ is still going strong. It hit #1 weeks ago — giving both artists their first chart-topper — and is still camped out in the top ten, at #7.
I like this lovely, somber song quite a bit, but I can’t shake the feeling that it sounds just like something else I know well.
I’ve read multiple comparisons to ‘Stable Song’ by Gregory Allan Isakov, but I’ve never heard that one (my daughter is a fan, so I’ll have to ask her).
Somebody else suggested a slowed down version of John Denver’s ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ but that’s definitely not it.
Others have noted a similarity to Bob Dylan’s ‘Nettie Moore,’ a song I love, and that might just be the one I’m thinking of.
Regardless, I guess there are worse things for a song than sounding like a bunch of other good songs.
Rotgut whiskey’s gonna ease my mind
Beach towel rests on the dryin’ line
Do I remind you of your daddy in his ’88 Ford?
Labrador hangin’ out the passenger door
The sand from your hair is blowin’ in my eyes
Blame it on the beach, grown men don’t cry
Do you remember that beat down basement couch?
I’d sing you my love songs and you’d tell me about
How your mama ran off and pawned her ring
I remember, I remember everything
[Chorus: Zach Bryan]
A cold shoulder at closing time
You were bеggin’ me to stay ’til the sun rose
Strangе words come on out
Of a grown man’s mouth when his mind’s broke
Pictures and passin’ time
You only smile like that when you’re drinkin’
I wish I didn’t, but I do
Remember every moment on the nights with you
[Verse 2: Kacey Musgraves]
You’re drinkin’ everything to ease your mind
But when the hell are you gonna ease mine?
You’re like concrete feet in the summer heat
It burns like hell when two souls meet
No, you’ll never be the man that you always swore
But I’ll remember you singin’ in that ’88 Ford
[Chorus: Kacey Musgraves, Both, Zach Bryan]
A cold shoulder at closing time
You were beggin’ me to stay ’til the sun rose
Strange words come on out
Of a grown man’s mouth when his mind’s broke
Pictures and passin’ time
You only smile like that when you’re drinkin’
I wish I didn’t, but I do
Remember every moment on the nights with you
Cold shoulder at closing time
You were beggin’ me to stay ’til the sun rose
Strange words come on out
Of a grown man’s mouth when his mind’s broke
Pictures and passin’ time
You only smile like that when you’re drinkin’
I wish I didn’t, but I do
Remember every moment on the nights with you
[Outro: Zach Bryan]
Rotgut whiskey’s gonna ease my mind
Beach towel rests on the dryin’ line
Do I remind you of your daddy in my ’88 Ford?
Labrador hangin’ out the passenger door
Meet Me In Montauk 
I’m afraid I can’t help you out as to what song this one sounds like, but it is a nice song.