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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WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House
F7
Now I was a`driving down
A West Texas highway
Bb7
I seen a hitchhiker
E7
His thumb was pointin my way
F7
He didn't look suspicious
D G7 C7
He didn't look any too clean
F7
So I, I put on my brakes
And I opened up the door
Bb7
I could tell he was a bum
E7
By the boots he wore
F7 D
He said I'm going down to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7 C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.
F7
He told me son East Texas
Is where I come from
Bb7
I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo
E7
And I got humdrum
F7
I'm travelling around
D G7 C7
A whole lot of Texas I've seen
F7
Yes and I'm, I'm mighty glad
You was pushin' down my way
Bb7
In your fancy clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
Said I'm going down to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.
--- Dobro / Piano leads
F7
You know he was grinning like a possum
And a mighty happy rascal
Bb7
He waved good-bye
E7
When I let him out in Haskell
F7
And that's about the last
D
Of that road tramp
G7 C7
That I've ever seen
F7
But you know that I'm still wishing
To this very day
Bb7
That he had my clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
And it was me going to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7
With a woman down in Abilene.
F7
But you know that I'm still wishing
To this very day
Bb7
That he had my clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
And it was me going to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7/E7-F7 (slide up)
With a woman down in Abilene.
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House
F7
Now I was a`driving down
A West Texas highway
Bb7
I seen a hitchhiker
E7
His thumb was pointin my way
F7
He didn't look suspicious
D G7 C7
He didn't look any too clean
F7
So I, I put on my brakes
And I opened up the door
Bb7
I could tell he was a bum
E7
By the boots he wore
F7 D
He said I'm going down to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7 C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.
F7
He told me son East Texas
Is where I come from
Bb7
I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo
E7
And I got humdrum
F7
I'm travelling around
D G7 C7
A whole lot of Texas I've seen
F7
Yes and I'm, I'm mighty glad
You was pushin' down my way
Bb7
In your fancy clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
Said I'm going down to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.
--- Dobro / Piano leads
F7
You know he was grinning like a possum
And a mighty happy rascal
Bb7
He waved good-bye
E7
When I let him out in Haskell
F7
And that's about the last
D
Of that road tramp
G7 C7
That I've ever seen
F7
But you know that I'm still wishing
To this very day
Bb7
That he had my clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
And it was me going to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7
With a woman down in Abilene.
F7
But you know that I'm still wishing
To this very day
Bb7
That he had my clothes
E7
And this shiny Chevrolet
F7 D
And it was me going to Haskell
G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7/E7-F7 (slide up)
With a woman down in Abilene.
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