This Old Porch
Lyle Lovett

This old porch is like a big old red and white hereford bull

Standing under a mesquite tree

Out in agua dulce

And he just keeps on playing hide and seek

With that hot august sun

Just a-sweatin' and a-pantin'

Cause his work is never done


And this old porch is like a steaming, greasy plate of enchiladas

With lots of cheese and onions

And a guacamole salad

And you can get'em down at the lasalle hotel

In old downtown

With iced tea and a waitress

And she will smile every time


And this old porch is the palace walk-in

On the main street of texas

That's never seen the day

Of g and are and xs

With that '62 poster

That's almost faded down

And a screen without a picture

Since giant came to town


And this old porch is like a weathered, gray-haired

Seventy years of texas

Who's doing all he can

Not to give in to the city

And he always takes the rent late

So long as I run his cattle

And he picks me up at dinnertime

And I listen to him rattle


He says the brazos still runs muddy

Just like she's run all along

And there ain't never been no cane to grind

The cotton's all but gone

And you know this brand new chevrolet

Hell it was something back in '60

But now there won't nobody listen to him

'cause they all think he's crazy


And this old porch is just a long time

Of waiting and forgetting

And remembering the coming back

And not crying about the leaving

And remembering the falling down

And the laughter of the curse of luck

From all of those passerby

Who said we'd never get back up


This old porch is just a long time

Of waiting and forgetting

And remembering the coming back

And not crying about the leaving

And remembering the falling down

And the laughter of the curse of luck

From all of those sons-of-bitches

Who said we'd never get back up


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Lyrics by Lyle Lovett

  Ain't It Somethin'   Ain't It Something   Ain't No More Cane   All Downhill From Here   All My Love Is Gone   An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy   An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song)   Babes In The Woods   Ballad Of The Snow Leopard & The Tanqueray Cow...   Ballad of The Snow Leopard and The Tanqueray Cowbo...   Baltimore   Bears   Big Dog   Black And Blue   Blue Skies   Blues Walk   Brown Eyed Handsome Man   Christmas Morning   Church   Closing Time   Closing Time [DVD]   Cowboy Man   Creeps Like Me   Cryin' Shame   Cryin' Shame   Cute As A Bug   Don't Touch My Hat   Don't Cry A Tear   Don't Touch My Hat   Family Reserve   Farther Down The Line   Fat Babies   Fiona   Flyin' Shoes   Flyin' Shoes   Flyswatter/Ice Water Blues (Monte Trenckmann's Blu...   Flyswatter/ice Water Blues (Monte Trenckmann'...   Girl in the Corner   Give Back My Heart   God Will   Good Intentions   Good-Bye To Carolina   Hello Grandma   Her First Mistake   Here I Am   Highway Kind   I Can't Love You Anymore   I Can't Love You Anymore   I Know You Know   I Love Everybody   I Loved You Yesterday   I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You   I Think You Know What I Mean   I Will Rise Up / Ain't No More Cane   I'll Come Knockin'   I'm Going To The Place   I've Been to Memphis   I've Got The Blues   I've Had Enough   I'll Come Knockin'   I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord   I've Been To Memphis   I've Got The Blues   I've Had Enough   If I Had A Boat   If I Needed You   If I Were The Man You Wanted   If You Were To Wake Up   In My Own Mind   Isn't That So   It Ought To Be Easier   Just The Morning   Keep It Clean   Keep Us Steadfast   L.A. County   La To The Left   Lonely In Love   Long Tall Texan   Lungs   M-O-N-E-Y   Make It Happy   Memphis Midnight/memphis Morning   Moon On My Shoulder   More Pretty Girls Than One   Moritat   My Baby Don't Tolerate   My Baby Don't Tolerate   Natural Forces   No Big Deal   Nobody Knows Me   North Dakota   Nothing But A Good Ride   Old Friend   On Saturday Night   Once Is Enough   One Way Gal   Pantry   Pantry [Acoustic Version]   Pass Me Not   Penguins   Penguins [DVD]   Pontiac   Private Conversation   Promises   Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head   Release Me   Rollin' By   Rollin' By   San Antonio Girl   She Makes Me Feel Good   She's Already Made Up Her Mind   She's Hot to Go   She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To   She's No Lady   She's Already Made Up Her Mind   She's Hot To Go   She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To   She's No Lady   Simple Song   Since The Last Time   Skinny Legs   Sleepwalking   Smile   Sonja   South Texas Girl   Stand By Your Man   Step Inside This House   Step Inside This House (Step Inside My House)   Straighten Up And Fly Right   Summer Wind   Teach Me About Love   Texas River Song   Texas Trilogy: Bosque County Romance   Texas Trilogy: Daybreak   Texas Trilogy: Train Ride   That's Right (You're Not From Texas)   That's Right   The Alley Song   The Fat Girl   The Girl In The Corner   The Girl With The Holiday Smile   The Record Lady   The Road To Ensenada   The Waltzing Fool   They Don't Like Me   They Don't Like Me   This Traveling Around   Understand You   Up In Indiana   Walk Through The Bottomland   Walking Tall   West Texas Highway   What Do You Do?   What Do You Do/The Glory Of Love   What Do You Do\/The Glory Of Love   What'd I Say   Which Way Does That Old Pony Run   White Boy Lost In The Blues   White Freightliner Blues   Who Loves You Better   Why I Don't Know   Why I Don't Know   Wild Women Don't Get The Blues   Working Too Hard   You Can't Resist It   You Can't Resist It   You Were Always There   You've Been So Good Up to Now   You've Got A Friend In Me   You've Been So Good Up To Now   You've Got A Friend In Me

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