Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - If I Had A Boat 

He is just THE best !! Just thinking about friends who loved Lyle and are no longer with us, they ran into him one day at an Ice Cream shop I think in Columbus Ohio. Back then I had a phone on my desk and they just called and screamed "We met Lyle Lovett" He was getting Ice Cream or something. I'll never forget that day.

That man is one of my countless inspirations.

I cover this song solo. Such a simple, yet evocative song. With the large band here, it becomes ethereal. The Cello providing velvet to the mix, and the Steel like teardrops falling from the sky. A perfect backdrop for Lyle to tell his sweet little tale.

One of the many things that amaze me about Lyle Lovett is the perfect clarity and cleanliness of the instruments/overall sound. It's always so perfectly captured, polished, and presented every time. With that said, reproducing and executing this same perfect clarity live; puts Lyle Lovett and his band/sound crew in a class of their own.

That was Gloria's favorite song by Lyle. She would play it in the car, over and over.

Perhaps the best audio version of this song A smile for sure.

Lyle makes me smile. And swing. It's not big, it's large.

Such superior musicians Mr. Lovett! Lve hearing this live

A treasure for humanity.

This is on repeat play for me.

As excellent as the rest of the playing is here, that pedal steel playing just shines above it all. Perfection!

i listen to this on the bridge of my yacht with a smooth whisky and cigar, watching the sunset

If I had a boat - Tulku Lyle lyrics… So, boat is the vehicle, self-only or big-boat, Mahayana, take every sentient being, but really the ocean of consciousness is called samsara (shamsara?). Pony refers to our ‘windhorse’. Your mind mounted upon the supreme winds, energies flowing in your created channels. And if I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean I said me upon my pony on my boat If I were Roy Rogers I'd sure enough be single I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale It'd just be me and Trigger We'd go ridin' through them movies Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail And if I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean I said me upon my pony on my boat Now the mystery masked man was smart He got himself a Tonto 'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free But Tonto he was smarter And one day said kemo sabe Kiss my ass I bought a boat I'm going out to sea And if I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean Me upon my pony on my boat And if I were like lightning I wouldn't need no sneakers Well I'd come and go whenever I would please And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree And I'd scare 'em by the light pole But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea And if I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean I said me upon my pony on my boat, I said me upon my pony on my boat Songwriters: Lyle Pearce Lovett If I Had a Boat lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

ich liebe diese Stimme. Wo war ich nur? Ich glaube dich gehört zu haben, damals, lange ist es her. Wo warst du? Dein Manager hätte erreichen müssen, dass die ganze Welt dich kennen lernt. So wie ein Wunder der Welt.

Amazing.

This CD 'lives' in my player in my car!

I used to haul Ponies on a flat bed. Peta people made me stop, They said "nailing their hooves to the deck is not nice".😆

So underrated

Beauty.

Jan 30th, 2022 otw Februari 2022... so fast!

Kiss my ass, I bought a boat; I'm going out to sea!

Who is that guy on pedal steel? Perfect...

..."everybody. S I n g" 🌸

Nanci Griffiths was 100% right about him - she's missed by so many