Lyle Lovett - I Love Everybody is the album of love in the field of country music. Songs such as I Love Everybody, Good-Bye To Carolina, and Sonja are love songs which can be considered by country music fans to be love ballads. His I Love Everybody album was more successful than his 1992 album. This album reached gold status in the United States in less than 2 months. This album made him an icon in the field of country music.
Lyle Lovett dedicates his love to everybody on the song I Love Everybody. Sharing a little love with someone can go a very long way. Rickie Lee Jones, Eric Taylor, Julia Roberts, Ken Levitan, Walter Hyatt, and a handful of other people served as the backing chorus and background vocals on the song I Love Everybody. One could call I Love Everybody a posse cut.
In Verse 1, Lyle Lovett reminds the listener that if they feel lonely that he loves them and everybody else. Just remember that Lyle Lovett loves you.
So if you feel lonesome
Remember it's true
I love everybody
Especially you
Lyle Lovett gets intimate by showing his kinky side by mentioning features of his female companion. He shares intimate details such as her bosoms and legs. The details of Lyle’s female companion are quite kinky but not sexual in such manner.
[Verse 2]
It's not the long lashes
Or lips on your face
And it's not your bosoms
That time can't erase
And it's not those long slender
Legs on your feet
Your mind is the feature
That makes me remember
Sonja is a tale of how Lyle attempts to hit on a waitress. The song is sort of a realistic love ballad. This is his song about Sonja.
Lyle Lovett has never been lucky at picking up women. But this life that he lives is not one that he chose.
The waitress he is trying to pick up has curly blond hairy and wearing a pretty black dress. Under her black dress she is wearing Japanese shoes.
His rhyme schemes are clever and witty. Read some lyrics below.:
Man I need to impress her
He would like to undress her
She looked so pretty as she poured his coffee. However she had her eye on his friend at the bar. He watched her watch him. Lyle wishes her eye was on him instead. He can't find the right way to tell her his feelings.
Hello Grandma is about a phone call Lyle Lovett made to his grandmother. He mainly discusses family news with her. That is how he catches up with her. However both of them seem to be out of touch. The song is quite short in terms of longevity. Most of the lyrics are not to repetitive as they were in songs such as I Love Everybody and Sonja.
Hello Grandma begins with Lyle Lovett making a phone call to his mother. He is catching up on family news by getting in touch with his grandmother. Here is how the phone call begins. Read the lyrics below.:
Lyle Lovett: Hello, Grandma. How is your granddaughter? Hello, Grandma. How is that little girl? I've been kind of out of touch but I thought I would call her. Is she at home or is she around the world?
Grandma: Young man, you must mean Kathy. I never heard her mention you.
Lyle Lovett: No ma'am. I don't mean Kathy. I don't hardly even know her.
Grandma: Well Kathy's just fine. You know she's still going to school, but she'll be home Father's Day to see her father.
Lyle Lovett: No, Grandma. How's your other granddaughter? How is that little girl? I've been kind of out of touch lately, but I did used to know her. Is she at home or is she around the world?
Grandma: Well young man, you can't mean her. Why didn't you hear? She got married and moved off to Chicago. Her husband's so handsome. She just loves it up there. His family owns a newspaper and an opulent disco.
Lyle Lovett: Whoa, grandma. Is this 924-8838?
Grandma: Well, yes, young man. It certainly is.
Lyle Lovett: That's the problem, Grandma. I have made a mistake. I ain't called this number in too many years.
The song almost seems to be in written letter form. Here is how part of the phone call would be formatted in written letter form.:
Hello, Grandma.
How is your granddaughter? How is that little girl? I've been kind of out of touch but I thought I would call her. Is she at home or is she around the world?
~~Lyle Lovett
Skinny Legs is about this boy Lyle Lovett is idolizing and wants to be. This boy has everything Lyle would ever wanted.
See that boy with that guitar? He’s got skinny legs like Lyle always wanted. That boy has a girlfriend. Lyle believes skinniness will get him a girlfriend. He's got a shirt and tie like Lyle always wanted. He's got a blue Toyota and a Japanese girl in his car.
At the end of the song is where the Japanese girl ends up dumping that boy. But legs they come and faces go. Just like old Toyotas. That jap girl dumped his ass. She stole his clothes and took his car.
Moon On My Shoulder is a serenade/love song to an ex-lover. The song is a short love serenade. Lyle can’t seem to this person off of his mind. The lyrics say it all.
With the moon on my shoulder
And you on my mind
I will lay down
I will lay down
With the moon on my shoulder
And you on my mind
I will miss you more than I ever did
Lord ever did
They said that time would take care of it
Take care of it
I wish time would take care of me
With the moon on my shoulder
And you on my mind
I will lay down
I will lay down
With the moon on my shoulder
And you on my mind
I rate this album, I Love Everybody, 5/5*****!!
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