Biography:
Lyle Lovett is an americana singer-songwriter and actor from Klein, Texas, who has been described as "the thinking man's cowboy". While typically associated with the alt-country genre, his albums typically incorporate folk, swing, blues, jazz and gospel music as well as more traditional country & western styles. The Night's Lullaby Songfacts reports that after twenty-six years with Curb, Lyle Lovett released his eleventh and last album for the record label, Release Me, on February 28, 2012.
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Other songs:
- Understand You
- Aint No More Cane
- Baltimore
- Bears
- Big Dog
- Black And Blue
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Christmas Morning
- Church
- Closing Time
- Cowboy Man
- Creeps Like Me
- Cute As A Bug
- Dont Cry A Tear
- Fairy Tale
- Family Reserve
- Farther Down The Line
- Fiona
- Flyswatter Ice Water Blues
- God Will
- Good
- I Cant Love You Anymore
- I Just Married Her Because She Looked Like You
- If I Had A Boat
- If I Were The Man You Wanted
- If Ihad A Boat
- If You Were To Wake Up
- Ill Come Knocking
- Im A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
- In My Own Mind
- Isnt That So
- It Ought To Be Easier
- Ive Been To Memphis
- La County
- La To The Left
- Lonely In Love
- Memphis Midnight Memphis Morning
- My Baby Dont Tolerate
- Nobody Knows Me
- North Dakota
- Nothing But A Good Ride
- Old Friend
- Record Lady
- Release Me
- San Antonio Girl
- Shes Leaving Me
- Shes Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To
- Shes No Lady
- Simple Song
- Since The Last Time
- Skinny Legs
- Song About Sonya
- Sonja
- South Texas Girl
- Step Inside This House
- Summer Wind
- Texas Trilogy
- The Front Porch Song
- The Girl In The Corner
- The Road To Ensenada
- This Old Porch
- Truck Song
- Up In Indiana
- Walk Through The Bottomland
- West Texas Highway
- What Do You Do The Glory Of Love
- Which Way Does That Old Pony Run
- Who Loves You Better
- Whooping Crane
- You Cant Resist It
- Youre Not From Texas
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[Verse]
F Bb7
I went to a funeral
F Bb7
Lord it made me happy
G7 C
Seeing all those people
Bb7
I ain't seen
G7
Since the last time
C F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
Everybody talking
F Bb7
They were telling funny stories
G7 C
Saying all those things
Bb7
They ain't said
G7
Since the last time
C7 F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
But you take a look around you
F Bb7
Don't it seem like something's missing
G7 C
I said something that weren't missing
G7
Lord the last time
C7 F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
You took him from the last time
F Bb7
To that hallowed ground
G7 C Bb7
I'm praying take me too the next time Lord
G7 C7 F
So I can hang around
[Verse]
F Bb7
Then the people start to looking
F Bb7
And some of them start crying
G7 C
And all the little children
Lord they're scared
G7
Because they ain't never seen
C7 F
A dead man before
[Verse]
F
You took him from the last time
F Bb
To that hallowed ground
F G7 C
I'm praying take me too the next time Lord
Bb C F
So I can hang around
[Verse]
F
He's swimming through that Jordan
F
Going to the other side
G7 C7
But if it's all the same to you Lord
B7 C F
I think I'll stay dry
[instrumental]
Bb F/C
F Bb F/C
F Bb F/C
F Bb
[Verse]
F/C F Bb
Now it's church on Sunday
F/C F Bb
It's a bar on Friday night
F/C F Bb
It's work on Monday
F/C F/A Bb F/C
The preacher Lord you know he might sing
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F Bb
He's got church on Sunday
F/C F Bb
And he got drunk the night before
F/C F Bb
And he got his good gal when he got home
F/C F/A Bb F/C
The preacher said he wants some more of that
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F F/A Bb
Now if you want to get to heaven
Bb/C F Bb
Let me tell you what to do
Bb/C F
You better grease your foot up buddy
Bb Bb/C F F/A Bb
With that mutton stew
Bb/C F Bb
And when the devil comes after you
Bb/C F Bb
With them greasy hands
Bb/C N.C.
You just slide on over to the promised land
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F F/A
Now there was two little imps
Bb
And they was black as tar
Bb/C F
And they was trying to get to heaven
Bb
In an electric car
Bb/C F
And that car wheel slipped
Bb Bb/C
On down the hill
F
Instead of going to heaven
F
They went to Jacksonville
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Instrumental]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
[Interlude]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F Bb7
Thank you, you've been so nice
F Bb
All my friends they came
Bb7 C
Now close the lid down tightly
Bb7
And quit crying
G7
Because when they close them
C7 F
They all look the same
F Bb7
And grab hold of the handle
F Bb
It won't be too heavy
Bb7 C
And take me to the graveyard
[Verse]
F Bb7
I went to a funeral
F Bb
And Lord it made me happy
Bb7 C
Seeing all those people
Bb7
I ain't seen
G7
Since the last time
C F
Somebody...
F Bb7
I went to a funeral
F Bb7
Lord it made me happy
G7 C
Seeing all those people
Bb7
I ain't seen
G7
Since the last time
C F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
Everybody talking
F Bb7
They were telling funny stories
G7 C
Saying all those things
Bb7
They ain't said
G7
Since the last time
C7 F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
But you take a look around you
F Bb7
Don't it seem like something's missing
G7 C
I said something that weren't missing
G7
Lord the last time
C7 F
Somebody died
[Verse]
F Bb7
You took him from the last time
F Bb7
To that hallowed ground
G7 C Bb7
I'm praying take me too the next time Lord
G7 C7 F
So I can hang around
[Verse]
F Bb7
Then the people start to looking
F Bb7
And some of them start crying
G7 C
And all the little children
Lord they're scared
G7
Because they ain't never seen
C7 F
A dead man before
[Verse]
F
You took him from the last time
F Bb
To that hallowed ground
F G7 C
I'm praying take me too the next time Lord
Bb C F
So I can hang around
[Verse]
F
He's swimming through that Jordan
F
Going to the other side
G7 C7
But if it's all the same to you Lord
B7 C F
I think I'll stay dry
[instrumental]
Bb F/C
F Bb F/C
F Bb F/C
F Bb
[Verse]
F/C F Bb
Now it's church on Sunday
F/C F Bb
It's a bar on Friday night
F/C F Bb
It's work on Monday
F/C F/A Bb F/C
The preacher Lord you know he might sing
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F Bb
He's got church on Sunday
F/C F Bb
And he got drunk the night before
F/C F Bb
And he got his good gal when he got home
F/C F/A Bb F/C
The preacher said he wants some more of that
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F F/A Bb
Now if you want to get to heaven
Bb/C F Bb
Let me tell you what to do
Bb/C F
You better grease your foot up buddy
Bb Bb/C F F/A Bb
With that mutton stew
Bb/C F Bb
And when the devil comes after you
Bb/C F Bb
With them greasy hands
Bb/C N.C.
You just slide on over to the promised land
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F F/A
Now there was two little imps
Bb
And they was black as tar
Bb/C F
And they was trying to get to heaven
Bb
In an electric car
Bb/C F
And that car wheel slipped
Bb Bb/C
On down the hill
F
Instead of going to heaven
F
They went to Jacksonville
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Instrumental]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
[Interlude]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
(Hallelujah)
[Chorus]
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F F/A Bb7 Bb7/C
Sing hallelujah (Hallelujah)
[Verse]
F Bb7
Thank you, you've been so nice
F Bb
All my friends they came
Bb7 C
Now close the lid down tightly
Bb7
And quit crying
G7
Because when they close them
C7 F
They all look the same
F Bb7
And grab hold of the handle
F Bb
It won't be too heavy
Bb7 C
And take me to the graveyard
[Verse]
F Bb7
I went to a funeral
F Bb
And Lord it made me happy
Bb7 C
Seeing all those people
Bb7
I ain't seen
G7
Since the last time
C F
Somebody...
M J W
M Ward
M-clan
M.o.
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