[2][3] Written and produced by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, the song was released on September 27, 2011 as a digital download via iTunes and Spotify.

[5] It features guitar work from Los Lobos guitarist and vocalist David Hidalgo and longtime collaborator Marc Ribot.

[4] Tom Waits described the song as "an old fashioned jukebox tune for a slow dance with your girl (or guy).

Thom Jurek of Allmusic described the song as "the wasted lover's plea in the West Texas mariachi.

"[9] Katie Hasty of Hitfix described the song as a "The Southwestern, nylon-string-enhanced loner ballad" and "a trending bawler," also further explaining that "she just slow-danced by herself and had a good cry.