Country superstar Toby Keith’s final recording dropped on Friday more than a month after his death at age 62 following a battle with stomach cancer.
Keith ended up recording a cover of the classic Joe Diffie song, “Ships That Don’t Come In,” for country singer Hardy’s mixtape Hixtape, Rolling Stone magazine reported.
For Keith’s cover, he was joined by singer Luke Combs as the two take turns with the poignant lines of the popular 1992 song. Given Keith’s recent passing, hearing his final studio performance hits different in the song that includes lyrics about life’s unexpected twists, the opportunities that are missed, and those that never come.
The chorus reads, “So here’s to all the soldiers/Who have ever died in vain/The insane locked up in themselves /The homeless down on Main/To those who stand…
