"Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)" is a song written by Chuck Cannon, Austin Cunningham, and Allen Shamblin.
Wynonna Judd said that the lyrics reminded her of her grandparents' house in rural Kentucky.
The two had previously recorded together in the 1980s as the Judds prior to Wynonna beginning her solo career in the 1990s.
[1] It was originally recorded by Lari White on her 1998 album Stepping Stone.
[2] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard reviewed the song favorably, saying that "you believe the words [Wynonna] is singing, and with her mom on the cut, it just adds to the emotional impact.