Clarkson, 42, sang the tune with a country twang, revealing after the performance that she has always felt like the song "lends itself" to the genre.

Kelly Clarkson has turned the Kellyoke segment of her syndicated daytime talk show into a signature moment. Sometimes it's touching, sometimes it's fun and occasionally the singer and her crack house band turn around a cover that is so unique and totally Kelly that it makes you wonder if she's casually created the perfect version of someone else's song.

Clarkson put an even more country twist on the Short n' Sweet record during the latest Kellyoke segment on the Kelly Clarkson Show