Lyle Lovett

[fox69]

"Understand You"

"Understand You"


What a pretty mystery you
You suddenly turned out to be
I've never held you gently
but I want to

Well, I'll watch your friends come through the door
and I slide my feet across the floor
there are things I might ask
I don't need to

Can't you tell I'm telling you
that I want to
Understand you, oh

Well, I'm sofa sitting, compromising
Thoughts on what I'm realizing
Ask me what I'm thinking

It's hard to say cause the way I'm reeling
it could be most anything
to do with you

Well, can't you tell I'm telling you
that I want to
Understand you, oh

Some things can remain unsaid, now
You don't have to share your bed with me
It's a gentle thing we're making

Got the time for stronger weather
Until we get to know us better
We'll remain suspended

Can't you tell I'm telling you
that I want to
Understand you, oh

Can't you tell I'm telling you
that I want to
Say I love you

 

[fox69]

"Up In Indiana"

"Up In Indiana"


Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Mama say a prayer for your only son
God, forgive him, all the wrong he's done
All he ever wanted is to have some fun
And now he's up in Indiana till his time is done

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

She looked over 22
A man could drown in eyes so blue
And now I've got some time to kill
In a little town called Henryville

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Working on the line ain't the life I know
Wish I was floatin' on the river out at night [?]
Laying on the bank with a fishing bow
Instead of cutting this corn and losing my soul

I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Miles and miles as they march back
They lift their ears up to the sky
Standing tall and satisfied
Like to try to run but I just might die

I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

 

[fox69]

"Up In Indiana (Acoustic)"

"Up In Indiana (Acoustic)"


Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Mama say a prayer for your only son
God, forgive him, all the wrong he's done
All he ever wanted is to have some fun
And now he's up in Indiana till his time is done

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

She looked over 22
A man could drown in eyes so blue
And now I've got some time to kill
In a little town called Henryville

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hair blond as hay and long as rope
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Working on the line ain't the life I know
Wish I was floatin' on the river out at night [?]
Laying on the bank with a fishing bow
Instead of cutting this corn and losing my soul

I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don't care but Heaven knows
I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

Miles and miles as they march back
They lift their ears up to the sky
Standing tall and satisfied
Like to try to run but I just might die

I'm up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows

 

[fox69]

"Walk Through The Bottomland"

"Walk Through The Bottomland"


A New Jersey lady I knew long ago
And she was a lady I say
But she met a cowboy who rode on the rodeo
And he stole her heart straight away

The New Jersey lady she loved him so true
Another love she never had
But cowboys are lonesome and cowboys are blue
And they make the ladies so sad

Sing me a melody
Sing me a blues
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes
The Brazos she's running scared
She heard the news
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes

The New Jersey lady knew he loved her too
And you know she tried to hold on
But the rodeo life was the life that he knew
He had to keep drifting along

She never married and she never would
And all of the people they'd say
The New Jersey lady she just ain't no good
To follow a cowboy that way

Sing me a melody
Sing me a blues
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes
The Brazos she's running scared
She heard the news
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes

The lady she'd sing him to sleep in the night
And then in the morning he'd go
She loved the darkness and hated the light
Along with that damn rodeo

The New Jersey lady the day that he died
She covered him over with clay
And feeling the wind in the night as she cried
She heard the old cowboy say

Sing me a melody
Sing me a blues
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes
The Brazos she's running scared
She heard the news
Walk through the bottomland without no shoes

 

[fox69]

"Walking Tall"
(from "Stuart Little")

"Walking Tall"
(from "Stuart Little")



I have a dream that everywhere I go
Almost everyone captures my eyes
And they find me so fascinating
Had end in kidding quite looking interesting
A very special guy
I'm walking tall, flying high
In the cold light of day
It's not so easy, I've got to say
Oh I'm so lonely
I'm feeling relatively blue
Oh how I'd love a next to kin or two

There has to a place for me
Where I belong right now
I don't need a dynasty, a name to share, a heart to care
That's really old, then I'll be walking tall

I wonder who arranges all our lives through thoughts of sound
Who chooses who
Oh I think I'd like to have a brother or other
Close relationships could be very nice
I touch paradise
I'm walking tall, flying high
In the cold light of day
It's not so easy, I've got to say
Oh I'm so lonely
I'm feeling relatively blue
Oh how I'd love a next to kin or two

There has to a place for me
Where I belong right now
I don't need a dynasty, a name to share, a heart to care
That's really old, then I'll be walking tall
That's really old, that's all I need
A name to share, a heart to care
Then I'll be walking tall

 

[fox69]

"Wallisville Road"

"Wallisville Road"


Turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight
Baby, take you a road

Green means stop, honey
Red means go
Goin’ for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

Highway 9 has just been closed
The Lynchburg Ferry runs a little too slow
Down on Main Street they don’t know
How to go pull back down Wallisville Road

You've got to turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight
Baby take you a road
Green means stop, honey
Red means go
Goin’ for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

You’re gonna turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight
Baby take you a road
Green means stop, honey
Red means go
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

Don’t tell mama
Mama’ll wanna go
‘Cause daddy used to take her
When my daddy did the road
Sneakin’ her ‘round for the Saturday show, and
Goin’ for a ride down Wallisville Road

Tell her turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight, baby
Take you a road
Green means stop, honey
Red means go
Goin’ for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin’ for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

All them girls, baby
I used to know
They’re walking down the side
Of the Wallisville Road
All them girls
I had to let them go
So I could take you for a ride down
Down Wallisville Road

Because turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight, baby
Take you a road
Ninety miles an hour
Ninety more to go

Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin' for a ride
down Wallisville Road
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

All them girls, baby
I used to know
They’re walkin’ down the side
Of the Wallisville Road
All them girls
I had to let ‘em go
So I could take you for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

We’re gonna turn out the lights
Turn on the radio
Hang on tight baby
Take you a road
Ninety miles an hour
Ninety more to go
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road
Goin’ for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Goin' for a ride
Down Wallisville Road

 

[fox69]

"West Texas Highway"

"West Texas Highway"


Now I was driving down
A West Texas highway
I saw a hitchhiker
And his thumb was pointing my way
He didn't look suspicious
And he didn't look any too clean

I put on my brakes
And I opened my door
I could tell he was a bum
By the muddy boot he wore
He said I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woman down in Abilene

He said East Texas
Is where I come from
I was working a rodeo out there
And it sure got humdrum
So I'm just traveling around
A whole lot of Texas I've seen

I'm mighty glad
You were going my way
In your brand new clothes there
And your great big Chevrolet
I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woman down in Abilene

Well he was grinning like a possum
And a mighty happy rascal
And he waved good-bye
When I let him out in Haskell
And that's about the last
Of that old road tramp
I ever did see

But I'm still wishing
To this very day
That he had my clothes
And my big Chevrolet
And it was me going to Haskell
With a woman down in Abilene

 

[fox69]

"What Do You Do / The Glory Of Love"

"What Do You Do / The Glory Of Love"


Honey bring me the paper
And pour me a beer
And turn on the TV
And sweep up over here
You tell me you love me
To put off my blues
But what do you do
When it quits being new

Now you be home for supper
And don't slam that door
And you better be a sober man
Or I'll give you what for
You tell me you love me
To put off my blues
But what do you do
When it quits being new

We used to not worry about nothing
We used to would laugh and play
But now when we look at each other
We never have nothing to say

Except for you know well she says
You could take me to dinner
And you could buy me some clothes
If you make all that money man
Make damn sure it shows
You could tell me you love me
To put off my blues
But what do you do
When it quits being new

And he says you could put on some makeup
And you could pile up your hair
And at least try to do something
With what you've got there
You could tell me you love me
To put off my blues
But what do you do
Say what do you do

When it
What do you do when it
Say what do you do when it

Say well
Hi there
What's your
My name is
And my wife is at the PT and
I had to
You know we could
I buy you
Is that a Scotch and so a
What will it be
Your place
Or a place to

Say man
What do you think you
See I'm not that kind of
Affair is fair
And right is
Right around the corner
Just a block or
So you know come morning
You'll have to leave
Everything to me

What do you do
Say what do you do
And that's the glory of
And that's the story of
What do you do

 

[fox69]

"What'd I Say"
(from "Where The Heart Is")

"What'd I Say"
(from "Where The Heart Is")



Hey Momma don't you treat me wrong
Come and love ya daddy all night long (Alright now-Hey Hey-Alright)

See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing (Alright now-Hey Hey)
Tell ya Momma
Tel Ya Pa
Gonna send ya back to Arkansas
Oh Yes Maam - If you don't do right - If you don't do right

When ya see me in a misery
Come o' here and sit by me (Oh Yeah Yeah - Alright - Alright)

See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the "Birdland" all night long Yeah Yeah
- What I Say - Alright - Well

Tell me what I say "right now"
(Tell me what I say) [x6]

Cos I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)
Baby I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)
Baby I wanna know (Baby I wanna know)

Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh)
Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - shorter

Tel me one more time (Just a one more time)
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time)
Just a one more time, right now (Just a one more time)
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time)
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time)
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time)

Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh)
Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - shorter

Maybe feel so good ([Back Vocal:] Baby feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Make me feel so good)

Baby Shake that thing (Baby shake that thing)
Baby Shake that thing (Baby shake that thing)
Baby Shake that thing (Baby shake that thing)
Baby its alright (Baby its alright)

 

[fox69]

"Which Way Does That Old Pony Run"

"Which Way Does That Old Pony Run"


When I was a very young man
I was a cowboy
The best in the land
But then she settled me down
With a touch of her hand
Now I'm begging you mister
Tell me if you can

Which way does that old pony run
Which way does that old pony run
And how much is that saddle
And a straight shooting gun
Which way does that old pony run

Now a young girl
She don't know when she's lying
But a woman
Great God she knows how its done
So mama before I go
There's just one thing on my mind
Which way does that old pony run

Which way does that old pony run
Which way does that old pony run
And how much is that saddle
And a straight shooting gun
Which way does that old pony run

So this good life you know I must leave
Your new car
And your color TV
But what's riches to you
Just ain't riches to me
And if you're staying out here
Then I'm headed back east

Which way does that old pony run
Which way does that old pony run
And how much is that saddle
And a straight shooting gun
Which way does that old pony run