Lookin' Back At Luckenbach

The sun sets over a cactus flower the wind howls up a draw
Just down the road from Austin in a place most folks never saw
There’s a legend of an older man who used to live out on his own
Well everybody else has done it so Hondo I’m singing you a song.

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Lookin’ back at Luckenbach things were easy then
Yeah your simple words were simple truths on the happy hearts of friends
Pass the guitar round, everybody sing a song
Drink another one down and pass the guitar on.

Now the lights shine down on a smoky stage and the crowd cries our for more
It’s a long ole ways from Luckenbach and that little country store
But your smile it was contagious you passed it on to all your friends
And every time they pick and sing their songs your spirit lives again.

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Ole Willie’s on the road again and Jerry Jeff’s gittin’ by
Waylon he’s gone back to Luckenbach and ole Guy Clark songs make me cry
Ed Bruce said he was singing the last cowboy song
But they’ll be picking country music when the Dixie Chicks are gone
(Chorus)
+ Drink another one down my friend and pass the guitar on.