"Cafe on the Corner" is the title of a song written by Mac McAnally

Mac McAnally

Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...

, and recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown

Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller...

. It was released in August 1992 as the first single and title track from the album Cafe on the Corner

Cafe on the Corner

Cafe on the Corner is the title of the ninth studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Their second album for Curb Records, it produced three singles on the Billboard country music charts: the title track , "All These Years" , and "Trouble on the Line"...

. The song reached #5 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart and #2 on the Canadian RPM Country chart..

Content

The song is a ballad about the plight of a dispossessed farmer and others who are "down and out" in life.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song is supported by a "riveting video."

Chart performance

"Cafe on the Corner" debuted at number 69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 8, 1992.

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2