I only recently started watching From, and I do remember this song from the 80s, but watching From made me wanted to listen to the whole thing again. It's such a perfect song.
From "From(tv series)" to straight down here. Heard so much 80's ballads before. Never heard of this underrated masterpiece. Man! This is actually an underrated one!❤
I can proudly admit that while I am a metalhead at heart - I grew up listening to Lyle Lovett. I've seen him live more than ALL the metal bands I've seen live. Lyle Lovett is one of my guilty pleasures.
I used to sing this song as a lullaby to both my kids when they were little. Which means I probably sang it twice a day for at least 4 years. That's what? Close to 3000 times? Still not tired of it.
My Mom died in 2009 - 2 years after that I picked up my guitar and started playing again... I guess she is proud. Greatings from Germany and many thanks for this song!!
Lost my brother (my best friend) to asthma 3 months back. He loved this song and sang along whenever he heard it. I will think of him now, on his pony on his boat, forever.
Oh, Jennifer, I break for you. My brother grew out of his asthma mostly, but I so clearly remember the ambulance coming at 2am, the oxygen tents, finally having one at home. Climbing in and singing this to him when he was 2, 3, 4... I can imagine your pain and I fear it. The loss of a sibling is a wholly different loss than that of a parent, a spouse or even child. It's a different pain in the part of your heart marked 'brother'.. I will pray for you for a long, long time.
(The TV show 'From' brought me here...in all of my 40 years never heard this song before!...its a Beautiful song!...its on constant repeat at the moment! ...he said 🎵"kiss my ass i bought a boat...im going out to sea"🎵...lol ...i love it!❤
When I was in 5th grade my teacher would play this song for the class he would bring a guitar to class play this song and sing it 5th grade was the best year of school I’ve ever had I met my best friends in that year 5th grade was the best because my teacher was really nice he would help everybody with problems we had in school he was the best reach I could have ever wished for this makes me remember everything that happened that year it was very hard for me on the last day of school but November 11th the day before my aunts wedding I was going to get my haircut I saw him asking for any kind of donations for homeless he mainly just wanted to give to homeless shelters so he was asking for food donations my dad went into big y got 5boxes of pasta and 2 big jars of raos tomatoe sausce my teacher was very thankful I was in 6th grade that day it was nice seeing him again I wish I could talk to him again but this song makes me remember about the school year of my life
🙏🥲Thank you for sharing your beautiful memories!! It is one of the most special gifts in this Life~ people who live us and give from their very SOUL. I was blessed with teachers who inspired me and LOVED their students from their 'Heart of Heart 💕 '. Thank God for really good teachers who touch out lives FOREVER with their Angelic Spirits!!! So happy that you had one of these special Angels in your life... and a truly wonderful example of LOVE in your Father! May you touch many lives the ways you were touched by YOUR Angels! 💜🙌🌠🌌
Country music has the feels of loneliness, peacefulness, and life without stress and relaxing while sitting on the balcony of a house in a town and also nostalgic.
Every time I cover this on stage or in small rooms, people just light up. Some cry. All love it. Taught it to old goth rockers who never heard of it, they flat love it.
"Now that mystery masked man was smart, He got himself a Tanto, 'cause Tanto did the dirty work for free. Now Tanto, he was smarter and one day said Kemosabe, Kiss my ass I bought a boat I'm going out to sea" I hear both my Mom and Daddy laughing with that one. So many great images with the song and so many wonderful memories 💙💜❤
When I was little I had a pony (well horse lol) and we had a boat and I used to ask my dad, can we put my pony on the boat? I made my dad listen to this on repeat for a very long time. Lol. Born a Lyle Lovett lover!
I just hope it doesn't lose its way. Some shows like 'From" just keep piling on more weirdness and after a while you have a jumble you don't care about. Hope that doesn't happen.
Many years ago, I heard a live cover of this song by a bluegrass band who's name I cant recall. They told a story about the song.... Lyle Lovett was talking to a little boy, and asked him, "If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?" The boy answered, "A boat. And a pony." That was the inspiration for the song. It captures the beauty and innocence and humor of childhood. It's one of the most perfect songs ever written.
I had never never heard this song before. It s 2023 and I am just now finding it. WOW where have I been? It is beautiful! Found it while watching a Julianna Moore movie called “Still Alice”. 3 seconds of the song and I m hooked and it fit the scene in the movie perfectly….
Not sure anyone else will ever fully feel what this song means to me. Damn... Maybe not even Lyle himself. I didn't know my mother much. She left me with my dad when I was a baby. But one of the few memories I have of her was going to see her in her apartment when I was 8 or 9 and she played this album and I jumped on the bed laughing and trying to get the record to skip. This song is literally the sound of nostalgia in my head.
Lyle's music is beyond country...it's almost a genre unto itself. I saw this guy on the Joshua Judges Ruth tour and it's still one of the most moving concerts I have ever seen. When he did " She's Already Made Up Her Mind " you could have heard a pin drop. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
I swear these are possibly the GREATEST song lyrics ever. Nothing but a superb imagination allied to a fantastic lyrical ability attached to a brilliant musical talent could have conceived it. Greatest ever? Definitely top 10 in the history of the universe. So far...
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 an old Dale Well, it'd just be me and Trigger We'd go riding 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 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 Well, 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 I said me upon my pony on my boat And if I were like lightning I wouldn't need no sneakers I'd come and go wherever 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
I agree, this song is everything you could hope for in a ballad. What the hell was Julia Roberts thinking divorcing this Albert Einstein of the country-western music world!? I think Track #3 of Joshua Judges Ruth (*She's Already Made Up Her Mind*) was all about his marriage with Julia Roberts ending.
First time to hear this song and just the way he sings and the melody evokes a lot of emotion in me. I teared up. When you read the lyrics, they are fun and seem silly, but the singing itself gets me.
I was in a similar situation as you. I heard this song on the radio back in 1993when I was 13yrs old, which was, obviously, prior to the internet being anywhere near what it is now. If I had 1/2 a penny for every song that I had to wait year and years just to have the ability to search for them in on the internet, I'd be richer than Bill Gates. LMFAO. I remember having several notebooks full of band names, lyrics, song titles, and lyrics I thought were song titles. Those notebooks saved my ass a lot years down the road. :-)
Yes!! Don’t (didn’t) really know Lyle.... apart from him being married to Julia for a while. Introduced via a great scene from The Interpreter - Sean Penn in some anguish from a recent loss unplugs the jukebox in a busy bar & puts this beautiful tune on. With the magic of Shazam I was immediately introduced and within the space of 24 hours I reckon I’ve listened to it 30 times already(!) And just starting to explore Lyle’s other songs... 👍
I had a best friend once named, Timothy Bryant, that use to sing this song while playing it on his acoustic guitar, he sings it even better than this original .Or maybe my love for him made it sound better to me anyway. I still have a copy of him performing this song, I listen to it probably once every 2 or 3 years, but when ever I do, my eyes fill up with tears.😪 I miss you my friend. 💙
I was vaguely familiar with this song in the 80's. In about '94, I was at a concert by the great Nova Scotia Celtic- folk band The Rankin Family. As the crowd slowly left the hall, this guitar picking came over the speakers, and I KNEW who it was before a word was sung. I went out the next day, bought "Lyle Lovett," "Pontiac," and "Joshua Judges Ruth."I became such a fan, and travelled from eastern Canada to Portland, Maine in 2004 to catch his show. I've seen U2, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Don McLean and The nitty Gritty Dirt Band live, but somehow they don't quite stack up as high.
One of my favourite memories as a kid was when my father took me to the beach (we lived within walking distance) and we would listen to this song and watch the sun rise. Thank you for the memories, autre fois.
I was lucky enough to catch Lyle and his large band when I was about 13 or so I think, Red Rocks Colorado. Such a great show. I love this dude's music Still
There was a moment in the late 80's, early 90's - I'm too old to remember now - when popular country artists seemed to be getting back to real country music. Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakam, the Mavericks. I really like that. Pontiac is still one of the best records I've ever heard.
How could you not love ban the man it's such a positive wonderful thing I'm so glad that he is part of this morning thank you man. The man. Lots of smiles thank you so much
"I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea......" You have to have great admiration for a song writer like Lyle Lovette. Absolutely adore his music, what a genius! {Genius-exceptional intellectual creative natural ability} {Genius-A man known as Lyle Lovette}
@@lylelovett5694 Thank you sir for entertaining us & touching our lives with your skill, artistry, passion, love, talent & beautiful soulful music. May God richly bless you & yours. Thank you from Tennessee. 💞
The last lines of every stanza are some of my favorite lines in any song ever... "would not scare my pony on my boat out the sea"" kiss my ass I bought a boat and I'm going out to sea" I literally get teary eyed
Back in the mid-80's I worked at Kerbey Lane Cafe in Austin and he would come in a lot and I'd wait on him. Was always super friendly and a good tipper. Migas, eggs over easy. :)
I got lucky and scored some front row seats a few years ago. He saw us in our moto gear and paused to talk bikes with us. A real moto dude as well as an amazing musician!
Lyle Lovett has been a favorite for decades. Love his original creativity...and his is such a gentleman each appearance. Taped a TV program years ago about his coming home to Austin. Someone "took" it...and it was never offered as a CD. It was superb with a large orchestra of musicians. Thanks, Lyle Lovett for being you. bitsy
DustyBoots922 Coolest part is that he wrote it in a high school class when the teacher assigned everyone to write about what they wanted to be in life - what type of job or career. He didn’t know. So he sat down and wrote this song. I’d love to know the grade he got!
This was my late husband's favorite Lyle Lovett song because it's so quirky. I found Lyle back in 1993 and have been a huge fan ever since. There are many versions of Lyle doing this song on RU-vid but this appears to be one of the originals. He even kinda grins when he says "kiss my ass". He's not like that in the slightest most of the time, but he's a human, too. For all who love Lyle, this is one of our favorite songs. Hope you enjoy it. Happy Holidays, Lyle and April, et al!
He began playing this song in 2011 at a concert in Houston and I was mesmerized, as it is one of my favorite songs he does. Just an excellent entertainer. The whole band is as sharp as a Rolex watch........... well worth seeing in person.
Mickey, Vin, agree with both of you...got to see him & his Large Band once at Viejas Casino under a night time summer sky...great performance , his band is treffic!
my dad used to listen to lyle, thankfully "Still Alice" brought me back, great memories, great movie, great song and the cover by karen elson is beautiful (perfect ending to that movie)
Brilliant!!! Thanks Mr. Lovett for this jewel of composing! What a "wunderbar" song!! Love it! Also very good the cover from "Still Alice" by Karen Elson! Greetings from Germany, B.L.
We moved cross country in a uhaul truck that my dad drove when I was 12 years old. When this song came on the radio, we’d sing along and laugh and it’s one of my favourite childhood memories. I continue to make memories through music with my children. ❤
@Lyle Lovett Hi Lyle, that would be great, thank you. I've always loved your music 🎵 I heard one of your songs on the radio for the first time about 25 years ago ( Nobody knows me) and I used to sing it to my sons growing up. I went straight out and bought that CD and played it all the time. God bless you my Texan cousin. Shaun UK 👍♥️🇬🇧🇺🇸
My absolute favorite Lyle Lovett song. Saw him last night in Springfield, Missouri. As always, the Large Band and Lyle brought the crowd to their feet many times.
