Fat Babies

Album: I Love Everybody (1994)
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  • At his May 2005 concert in Calgary, Lyle described how he wrote this song with Eric Taylor as they drove along a highway in Texas. They decided that a good friendship is often based on common dislikes.

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  • Tom from Marble Falls, ArTo me, Lyle Lovett is like Wayne Newton: Everybody's heard of them, but no one actually knows why they're famous! I just looked Lyle up to find out what he sang that wasn't a cover or a Vegas act.
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