"Me and Emily" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Rachel Proctor.
[3] Proctor told Country Weekly that the idea came about during a songwriting session with Chris Tompkins.
She had not written a song in eight months, and "wanted a day off", but Tompkins suggested a line about "stuff scattered in the floorboard of a car."
[4] Thom Jurek of Allmusic compared the song's intro to "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn, and said that it "shows Proctor's mettle as a lyricist[…]the conviction in the grain of her voice brings to bear all the weight placed on the protagonists' decision.
It's tough, believable, and full of brittle truth and that glimmer of hope that makes country songs of any stripe special.