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Loretta Lynn – “Half A Mind” (Roger Miller Cover)

NASHVILLE, TN – SEPTEMBER 19: Loretta Lynn performs during the 16th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference at Ascend Amphitheater on September 19, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Americana Music)

|Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Americana Music

At the end of August, a tribute album to the late country writer and singer Roger Miller will be released with contributions from some big names, including Dolly Parton, Ringo Starr, Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, and more.

Loretta Lynn also recorded a song for King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller. She took on "Half A Mind," a wistful rumination on having one foot out the door. Listen to it below via NPR.

King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller is out 8/31 via BMG.

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