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Lee Ann Womack - “Last Call”

Brady Vercher | June 18th, 2008

Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack’s latest single, “Last Call,” about the conflict a woman goes through when ending an unfulfilling relationship is a good song, although it does suffer from a few problems. The production of the verses give the song a haunting feeling that sets it up for an internal conflict, but the switch up and the cadence in the chorus changes the mood of the song altogether.

Indeed, the internal conflict isn’t as strong as in another of Womack’s songs, “I May Hate Myself In The Morning,” nor are the resulting consequences as potentially dire, which doesn’t allow the listener to become as emotionally invested in her choice. Where emotions win in the spur-of-the-moment choice in “I May Hate Myself,” logic wins out in “Last Call” and the decision to not answer the phone seems to have been made sometime in the past, so the internal struggle isn’t as strong. “Last Call” could indeed be a follow-up to the same relationship presented in “I May Hate Myself In The Morning.”

Another problem arises with the three different meanings of the title phrase, “last call,” throughout the song. It is clever, but also feels forced in the second instance and detracts from the song.

Although the lyric doesn’t accentuate the emotional conflict, Womack’s vocal drips with indecision as she delivers a splendid performance; she understands that her goal is to tell a story through the song and convey emotion that may or may not be present in the lyric rather than to just sing at us. It’s not her strongest song, but it’s well written with a good performance, and despite the dull internal conflict, it’s rife with emotional depth.

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