"Something About What Happens When We Talk" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.

[3] Country music website Holler listed "Something About What Happens When We Talk" as No.

Lush vocals convey her regrets over spare arrangements, kicking herself for never having crossed the line from making conversation to making love.”[4] Music website Return of Rock ranked it at No.

[5] NPR also named it one of Williams' best songs, writing " The originality of Williams's mind shines on this vulnerable ballad about the aphrodisiacal charge of meaningful conversation.

"[6] In their review of Sweet Old World, Rolling Stone wrote "Morlix’s delicate lead and slide fills decorate the tune sparingly", while the song is "a paean to a platonic relationship — that is, until the end, when she sings, 'Well, I can’t stay around ’cause I’m going back South/But all I regret now is I never kissed your mouth'.