Songfacts®:

• This is about a guy who's love has left and all he can do is sit at home and talk to the walls, windows, and ceiling. >>

  Suggestion credit:
  Julian - Oakland, AR
• Country legend Willie Nelson wrote this song before he hit it big as an artist. Before releasing his first album in 1962, Willie played bass in Ray Price's band and wrote songs that were recorded by others, most famously "Crazy" for Patsy Cline. Nelson included his version on his 1962 debut album, ...And Then I Wrote.
• This was the fourth #1 on the Country chart for Faron Young, who was one of the most popular country artists of the time. His version also crossed over to the pop charts, climbing to #12 on the Hot 100 - by far his best showing on that chart.
• Willie Nelson performed an updated version for the COVID-19 era as part of his "Come And Toke It" live stream on April 20, 2020 (4-20), which was broadcast on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Accompanied by his two sons, Lukas and Micah, Nelson changed the final verse to incorporate people worldwide self-isolating against the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  We got to all stick together or else we'll lose our minds
  I've got a feeling we're going to be here a long, long time
• Nelson told Colbert how his good buddy Faron Young used to have a little fun with the song. "He would go around singing, 'Hello walls, hello commode,'" recalled the veteran star, "so he thought it was really funny."