"Button Off My Shirt" is the title of a song by written by Billy Livsey and Graham Lyle, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It released in 1988 as the fifth single from the album Heart & Soul. It peaked at number four on the Hot Country Songs charts.
The song talks of an ended relationship, where Milsap compares the former lover to a missing button from his shirt – "just an everyday distraction" which "some day I will replace".
Another version was released in 1988 by British singer Paul Carrack, from the album One Good Reason. This version peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Famous quotes containing the words button and/or shirt:
“What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?—from sorrow to sorrow?—to button up one cause of vexation!—and unbutton another!”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)