McKenna goes acoustic with "Happy Children"

"Happy Children: I heard someone say this once, 'I wish you happy children.' Feels like the greatest wish of all time. This song was happily written with my son Chris McKenna. It went through a couple different variations until Dave Cobb brought it so beautifully to life in the studio with the band. If my heart could say just one thing, this song is what it would say."

"Happy Children" first debuted last month and is the latest song unveiled from McKenna's "1988" album dropping July 21 via CN Records/Thirty Tigers.

McKenna already released two additional album tracks: "The Town in Your Heart" and "Killing Me" featuring McKenna's longtime collaborator, Hillary Lindsey."

Produced by Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) and recorded at Cobb's studio in Savannah, Ga., "1988" is named for the year McKenna married her husband, Gene, and serves as a love letter to her family and lifelong friendships.

McKenna will embark on her "The Town in Your Heart Tour" later this month with headline shows at Philadelphia's World Café Live, New York's City Winery, Nashville's CMA Theater, Atlanta's City Winery, Ann Arbor's The Ark and Evanston's Space.