The next song in the music library project is Dwight Yoakam’s ‘Ain’t That Lonely Yet’. I am reblogging Badfinger’s Powerpop article about it (click image below), since that is where I first heard it. I found this country song really soothing on the ears. The lyrics won’t set anyone’s world on fire, but you could sum it up as ‘a woman hurts him and now wants him to take her back’.
His sarcasm in the early stanzas makes me chuckle:
You keep calling me on the telephone
You say you’re all alone
Well that’s real sad
And you keep leavin’
Notes stuck on my door
Guess you’re hungry for some more
Girl that’s too bad
I think it’s a little bit deeper than that; he is really tempted and the whole song is him talking to himself, telling himself that she is bad for him and he needs to forget about her.
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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Dwight has had a slew of great tunes over the years. Saw him this past winter- and he was outstanding- and he played the songs you went to hear. I’d go see him again. Great selection.
I don’t know anything about him apart from what I read on Badfinger’s post.
I hope to hear more by him given your admiration for him and that he’s great live. Thanks Hans.
He has also done some acting- most notably in Sling Blade
Oh really? Now that’s a movie I have seen in aeons. I should see it again.
He plays Doyle in that one.
Ok I’ll remember that the next time I watch it. Thanks.
Sling Blade is great… That is what spurred this post on…I watched that movie and started to think of his songs. That movie captured the rural south really well.
The song is a great breakup song…you pointed it out…love the sarcasm.
I have to see it again. I hardly remember it. Yes, it’s a great little song. I’m glad you shared it with us and I was able to enjoy it.