One way some people chose to show their love for Texas is through their music. There is a wide variety of songs out there that mention Texas in one way or another, and many of them are in a loving way. Sure, some may just mention it in passing, but mentioning it al all is a com...
Verse 1: Out on the plains of Texas, there's a city that I know Where the sun beats down and the wind always seems to blow It's a place called Amarillo, where the people are friendly and kind And the wide open spaces seem to ease your mind Chorus: Oh Amarillo, you've got a ho...
Songs that Mention Time Welcome to the ever-growing list of popular songs that mention a time of day. These lyrics show on the Human Clock when their time is called. I started this list back in 2004 and it has now grown to 1,389 songs!You can submit a time if you don't see it ...
Representing the stirring individual instrumental “songs” that have enriched movies – such as Ry Cooder’s “Paris, Texas” orJohn Williams’ “Promontory” fromLast Of The Mohicans– is this cue from the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds movie. “Dueling Banjos” was composed in 1955 by Arth...
You’ll never listen to “The Way” by Fastball again. That’s because it’s so much more than a dad rock earworm; it’s also practically a play-by-play of the unsolved deaths of Lela and Raymond Howard. An elderly couple from Texas, their case made headlines when they went missing ...
Ferlin Husky made this 1958 song famous when he recorded it two years later. It went to the top of the country charts for ten weeks. As anyone familiar with The Bible knows, there are plenty of passages that mention doves, and the lyrics reference a number of them. It’s since become...
One of the most famous songs that doesn't mention its title in the lyrics is one of the most epic. It's also one of the strangest singles to reach the Top 10 across the world. "Bohemian Rhapsody" can be broken down into six distinct parts over its nearly six-minute running time. An...
Originally from Beaumont, Clay Walker shouts to all sorts of Texas cities in his salute to Texas swing. Here's the Lubbock mention... "Why'all it's good to be back home Lubbock, Texarkana, Corpus Austin, Abilene Man we love to play that Texas swing" ...
This song originally came from a solo album by Jonathan SegelEdgy Not Antsy. So yet another song that was sort of finessed into the concept after the fact. The lyrics explain the plot points well enough. The protagonist is grappling with the consequences of his betrayal of Texas. This end...
One of the best-selling artist of the ’90s, Garth Brooks was primarily influenced by Texas country acts like George Strait, and he wore a Stetson to prove it. “Friends in Low Places,” the ultimate hat act single, starts off as a nearly a cappella story-song about storming an ex’s...