Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me

[@JohannesLabusch]

Most songwriters have to struggle their entire life to finally get to the point where something like this song is possible: The point where you quit trying to be clever or wordy or “powerful”, and you use the most stripped down language to convey the deepest of emotions. The deceptively simple line “Nobody knows me like my baby” takes on three different meanings through the course of the song. It goes from “she knows my appetites” to “she looks through my lies” to “I will never find another like her”. It’s devastating.

[@cbr8206]

And to think...it is just a cheating song about Mexican food! 😉

[@RatJan]

Just perfect. Songwriting at its pinnacle, and Lyle's delivery is devastating.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

I mean it's nice but it ain't Meatloaf. That's the pinnacle.

[@lukewood9233]

I was 24 in '89, when this was playing in my house , both audibly and metaphorically; my heart. I'm Tonto

[@Tassie85]

Sometimes a gentle touch tinged with heartache is all it takes to be a masterpiece.

[@PamelaTassey]

Watched Blue Bloods rerun with Lyle on it. Had to hear one of his songs! Thank you, Lyle! BEAUTIFUL!

[@keithhallgren]

My brother in law once thought Lyle was a country singer until he started listening and now things he is simply one of the best performers and musicians he has ever heard. Few can match Lovett's lyrical brilliance and his music paints another brilliant picture on it's own. I love the guitar on this... I always picture a quiet room with a clock ticking away the minutes of a quiet Sunday morning.

[@john-o1g9p]

u can be in love this song from listening to the album, then you come across this vid. just opened up a new place in my head and my heart. thank you.

[@indigosow]

unbelievably profound and moving. masterpiece.

[@sfelliott]

I heard him sing this song last night in Portland...brought tears to my eyes. His voice still rocks.

[@geoffnelson64]

Jealous

[@BrainBabe63]

Sublime...this man has the voice of an angel...no wonder Julia fell in love with him...he could sit and sing to me all day long...and I would see him as the most beautiful creature on God's green Earth!

[@shaun5944]

Beautiful. One of my favourites. Thank you my Texan cousin 👍🇬🇧♥️✝️

[@JonesBuya]

Amazing song by Lyle Lovett ! You know you've written a brilliant song when Willie Nelson is sitting next to you and sheds a tear.

[@dreid8381]

wow!

[@vincentcorpus5187]

Joonas Havukainen He wasnt crying. He was itching his face

[@sbpetrok]

right under his eye...

[@adriandoc75]

@@vincentcorpus5187 he was pretending to itch his face!

[@MrRockrobstr]

Damn it Lyle! You made Willie and me cry.

[@jameswilliams-of3mv]

..first heard it on Beverly Hills 90210... and later in the movie 2 days in the Valley, graveyard scene... sad powerful song..

[@nicholaskierstead9602]

Made Willie Nelson cry. Says enough.

[@christopherroberts3775]

True Passion for EVERYTHING he loves!... Thank you for the example Mr. Lyle Lovett.

[@codychyenne617]

I still cry to this song from 90210... After Dylan’s wife died..

[@TWICEJR77]

I remember as a teenager about 16 years old I saw the wedding and the death, and the aftermath when Dylan was alone. It brought me tears back then still does this day. It soothe the soul..

[@cal-ave]

Facts

[@geoffnelson64]

Yea this song brings me to tears sometimes. Good music

[@testefuni9472]

Me too

[@user-dc1dw2np1w]

Me too Cody Cheyenne, me too💔😢💔😢💔😢💔😢

[@eddiesanders429]

Great song !! That's talent when you can sing and play like that when its just you alone !

[@andreashaw4395]

Holy moly!!!♥️

[@199992red]

You are a ladies man Lyle. Saw you with John Hiatt last month. I could watch your show every night! We loved you both!

[@magnethomewood]

I just discovered Lyle yesterday when someone doing a concert played one of his songs, and I love this song so much. I don't know how I could have gone so long without knowing about Lyle, he is awesome!

[@tarp11z]

Quite possibly the best song ever to come our of Texas.

[@indigosow]

shivers! I get shivers, it's so pretty. Touches my very soul.

[@MHB215]

Lyle Lovett is the consumate story teller. The songs he writes and the way he delivers them is pure genius I believe. Lots of folks refere to him as a songwriter and I guess he is...but I truely believe he is basically a poet...and one of the first order. He is unique. Not many artists can consistantly deliver the quality of work that he does.

[@missisfreddiemercury]

weep alarm ... i just heard the song on Beverly Hills 90210, episode "One Wedding and a Funeral" ... I am dying right now!

[@alistairraggett2247]

Saddest TV ever!

[@robertfulton1428]

the first time i heard this song was in the movie 61, love it

[@csx4]

simply brilliant.........what a voice!!!!!!!

[@shortyencinitas]

aww luv this song reminds me of 90210 back in the days sad

[@IntuitSpirit]

Mr. Lovett does justice to this sweet and simple song!

[@Four6Three1Two]

I hate country music. But “Beverly Hills, 90210” brought me here. Listening to this song, on the anniversary of Luke Perry passing, I’m crying right now. 🙍🏽‍♂️🥺😪 #RIPLukePerry - Signed 03/04/2020

[@DidjeridooGirl]

I've known this song for years, and have listened to it I don't even know how many times. I've always found it moving, but this version made me tear up! I never do that!

[@sweetlyz4u]

No other words but WOW ! 😌❤

[@ImpersonationFilms]

very underated song should have a billion more views also i think the world would be a better place if everyone listened to this song everyday

[@blumoonrisn]

One of the best!

[@bender138]

That was a songwriter's special,and I will be sorry to my dying day that I didn't record it. Rodney Crowell performed one of his songs that left Willie and Lyle speechless and looking like they were going to cry,and both had heard that song a thousand times by everybody they knew. Willie had even recorded it himself. There were a few moments of absolute silence when he stopped singing,and everybody was looking at the floor.

[@geoffnelson64]

What a performance! Beautiful really

[@ScratchnDent5]

i m a huge lyle fan, and i love what you wrote here. you r obviously a big fan as well, and you truly get it with this guy. he has such a great touch and his sound on this is so great and it typifies his live shows. his guitar has a distinctive sound and goes so well with his voice..... funny thing on this performance is his voice actually cracks a little and you can see him holding in a grin..... this guy is great and i'm so glad to see other people geting into his music. thanks

[@andrewlowe4130]

just a beautiful song, perfectly rendered. surprisingly simple to pick, but tricky to master. a moment in time and space that has passed from this world. I remember it well. thanks for posting this.

[@tamarataylor7609]

Lyle I so love you and you have a face of a Comanche a great warrior! You are a great man with a great song! I love you!

[@dianapeterson5563]

always love the one youre with... everyone else just uses you for THEIR convenience... no-one knows you like your baby...

[@Barzol636]

Just beautiful.Talented man.Has written some great songs.

[@LennyJohnson5]

Brilliant; two vastly different artists, but I always see a parallel with Tom Waits - a sensitively poetic lyricist and a superb musician rolled into one. Loved Lyle since seeing him at Cardiff Arms Park in 1992 supporting Dire Straits.

[@GeorgiaDuck83]

Absolutely. Lyle is the best

[@TheAlaska07]

Came here from two days in the valley. Not disappointed.

[@stuartdeutsch1554]

This shit right here. This will break your heart.

[@briannebailey7711]

thank you so much. I don't want to sound silly, but, it's the simplicy that is perfect.

[@jimgideon3333]

Simply perfect

[@joshde82]

Great song so simple and can conect to everyone!!! Great job on posting it....i first heard it in the movie *61

[@To3by]

I was there too & if anything, he sounds better than ever.

[@priscillawilemon7901]

Love This Song ❤️

[@asmith2291]

I love this song. Always have, always will

[@kywomanlml]

Perfection. Thanks for posting.

[@gstlb]

The intimacy of this song is overwhelming. Austin City Limits... is that Willie wiping away a tear about 2:00?

[@donnlarossa9173]

HITS HOME

[@niemawolnynazwy]

...after 10 years i've found out that my heart still belongs with you, 3500 km away from where i have raised a family with another beautiful woman. And i can see now how so much of the bitterness of my life has come from the feeling of being alone...i had forgotten this feeling of wholeness, like being suspended in time, in space, drifting through eternity. together all the madness disappears, everythings so simple and true. i'll miss you forever...nobody knows me like you do....

[@mr.lineman4428]

I want this played at my funeral because it is so true

[@billydeely24]

Beautiful

[@K131399]

great version of this tune

[@jeffgunther4582]

As he said in a performance I saw, 'this is a cheatin' song'. I hadn't picked up on that until he mentioned it. Gorgeous!

[@brownmonkeybananayellow]

+Jeff Gunther man, I was wondering what happened south of the border!

[@jeffgunther4582]

Of course some boys just look across the border to learn the ways of love 😀

[@brownmonkeybananayellow]

+Jeff Gunther LOL!

[@jeffgunther4582]

As you probably know, that's a line from his song North Dakota. If you've never heard it, check it out...killer duet with Rickie Lee Jones. On the Joshua Judges Ruth album :)

[@sanchitrks9402]

Now makes sense! I picked it up the first time but wasn’t sure!

[@robertrosejr1]

Amazing performance

[@kristin972]

He had willie whipin away tears

[@rayward6419]

And me.

[@annevist]

Love this a lot!!

[@musikmakerify]

90210 !!!! I like the song very much. Reminds of Luke Perry/90210 !!!!!!

[@cwtmusic]

love this song...

[@knarftheriault]

Devastating...

[@eclecticpyrat]

Rooster boy my ass this is one of the most talented artist of the past 30yrs

[@kelleyrawlings]

Honestly, the most beautiful song ever.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Only on Sundays!

[@justryd]

I was wondering if anyone else saw that. Thats priceless.

[@poppypitbull]

I love this song and it took me awhile to pick up that it was a song where someone cheats. "It was a dream made to order South of the border and nobody knows me like my baby and she cried man, how could you do it? and I swore there weren't nothing to it"

[@jbdmed]

@tinnitic been looking for that ever since it was broadcast! i became a Lyle fan that night 'Her First Mistake" was unforgetable

[@thericko69]

Lyle, Australia loves you too

[@ronaldfields9786]

awesome......

[@SpeegBJ]

Lyle, you can come over here and get those 'eggs over easy' anytime.

[@robertocarlosmartell5306]

Hasta siempre. Dilan ...luke perry ....

[@0blivi0s]

speechless

[@tinnitic]

Lyle did "Her First Mistake", this same night. anyone see a copy of that anywhere? Such a great tune!

[@JTurnbaugh11]

@joshde82 Me too man... Now I am a huge lyle lovett fan.. I just saw him in concet..

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

I equate this song with Tom Waits "Time" for depth, pathos and brilliance.

[@normaisabel1609]

Hola ,lo leí en inglés pero hay palabras que no comprendo,lo podrían subtitular? GRACIAS. Yo amo Beverly Hills 90210.

[@wvualum95]

This song was also in the movie 61*.

[@im4out]

good stuff..

[@magnuskannegaard7630]

I love this ist remind off my ex fionce

[@alphuez]

I'm so sorry Magnus. So many here seem not to understand that this relates a personal tragedy. For me it wasn't an engagement, but a lover and best friend for 42 years stupidly pissed away forever. Thankfully this is an anonymous board. Even so, let's you and me just leave it at that.

[@TheLelogol]

:) true song.

[@williammaloney4888]

Nobody knows me..... like my Baby...... and I swore there weren't nothin to it....

[@Dookiemcfluffin]

"61" movie about Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle

[@MsLuvmusic81]

BEVERLY HILLS 90210!!! SO sad

[@FOXAMG63]

MsLuvmusic81 Dylan McKay sobbing

[@oscarbruhn553]

Yeah :(

[@arcmov24]

@@FOXAMG63 I was too....even at 34 when I watch now

[@kristin972]

now its really sad with luke gone!

[@bigfootdave]

Maybe the most beautiful cheatin' song ever written.

[@dillonwadhams]

Wow.

[@wait4waits]

thank you....that's all I can say.

[@1andoneis3]

@1:59 willie wipes a tear from his eye :)

[@mikelord9860]

A good companion song that comes to mind - 'north of the border' - is When My Baby Calls My Name, by Stephen Fearing.

[@cowboys4ever348]

I came here after watching an episode of BH 90210

[@Psycho_Like_Micho]

Beverly hills 90210 brought me here

[@tinnitic]

Can someone PLEASE post " Her First Mistake ", done this same night...

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Is that Willy to his left?

[@rockinred101966]

@tinnitic i so agree just tried to find it

[@johnnycmajor]

Are all his songs.. 40 bpm?

[@theosomeca1510]

Bonne nuit mon zamour .

[@howedelamitri]

@stedrod nice

[@danlutzka8007]

90210

[@josekma1]

Flour Tortilla......