Rodney Crowell - I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried

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Lyrics:
The sun is comin' up and I'm just goin' down
Everywhere I look the world keeps turnin' 'round
Though I said, I never would be satisfied
Oh baby, I lied, I couldn't leave you if I tried
Sometimes I get lost out on this sad old town
And every bridge I cross just turns me upside down
And every stumbling step I take back to your side
It hurts my pride I couldn't leave you if I tried

[@BennyC-qg6rd]

Rodney couldn't write a bad song if he tried.

[@user-pw6ry6iy3m]

Twin fiddles and a steel guitar with a walking bass line and Rodney Crowell what more could you ask for. So well done. An absolute gem.

[@elisabethhellbom5561]

det här e´ÄKTA COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mr.blackhawk142]

WELL-said pw6! The strings are VERY pronounced in this great song!

[@thebuff7271]

Good ole days when Country wasn't rap!!!

[@thebuff7271]

You said that!

[@metalmacabre9991]

Agreed it hick hop as I call it, crap country&rap. I'm a metal head, and a professional drummer, but I also grew up country, because my family. Long live the great country music. Outlaw country was my favorite style Waylon, Willie, Hank Jr, that stuff was my favorite, it still is.

[@patriciaward733]

This is true country! Love it!!!

[@mrrjtrevino]

Way to put

[@debbiechiquitabiddix4025]

Back when country was country

[@mikerobertson6857]

This is when country music was country

[@ThomasClark-xt3xy]

❤ When country was country. 👍🏻

[@mr.blackhawk142]

I GO BACK TO 1960S C&W music, but the 90s has a special place for me bcuz that is when I started watching "The Country Channel" that had 24/7 music videos like this one! Around the same time I started 2-step dancing and I became an accomplished dancer for a few years! It was a TON of...FUN!

[@fmk353]

I've been listening to this song for 30 years. It doesn't age. It's as good in 2024 as it was when released in 1986. The lyrics, the harmony, the instrumentation, and the people having a good time. Darn it, this is what great country music sounds like, and it's what most so-called country stations rarely play.

[@peenut07]

Hey Nashville........................you listening? THIS is what country music sounds like. Remember?

[@tonyhemingway7980]

peenut07 What, not Taylor Swift and her ilk? Where did they come from and who let them in?

[@ashtillion2871]

Try Midland

[@himikaakram88]

so true!!!!!

[@EngineerCorner]

I agree, I can't stand the HICK HOP crap these days.

[@DScott-pc7rd]

Hick Hop!! Lmao. That’s great!

[@itsmovinfast]

Song should be called “Rodney couldn’t write a bad song if he tried”. He’s among the best writers ever.

[@sarahnewcomb738]

I thought that was the name of it...he he...

[@evalehde3869]

I Agree! He is also one of my favorite singers.

[@susanradtke3728]

I love Rodney he is great ❣️

[@lindapoplin4473]

I have always loved this guy, he's one of the best singer/songwriters ever. So sorry he and Roseann couldn't make it but that's life. He's so cute here.

[@rlestourgeon]

I agree he is too good to be true. God bless him for giving us heartfelt songs 🙏

[@berthasams5211]

Country music 🎶 like it should be

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

Yeah.

[@Suthnbl]

👍

[@francisquay1047]

These were the days when it was country music was still the best ❤

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Aint he the cutest.....

[@nancyhillard6456]

Yes Ma'am! ☺️

[@joshuamario1201]

God bless true country music.

[@user-gy8pp2vp1o]

and love all of his friends/family having such a grand gathering, out in the 'cross fields part of land' [12 16 2023 Saturday]

[@leslieholman3121]

Back when country music had meanings and values and sounded like country music is supposed to sound. Awesome job Rodney

[@justmewilson100]

BIG AMEN to that

[@geraldhills41]

Was just great tunes !

[@mariangarrett9769]

I don't want my country torap

[@mariangarrett9769]

To rap

[@leslieholman3121]

@Rodney Crowell doing about the same as every day, OK but wishing I was born in 1950 instead of 1969 . I just loved the old time music and the old style farming. I still run my little farm with my grandfather's farmall 200 and my great uncle's old farm equipment.

[@michaelcaplan7012]

Country music as it should be. Great band, great steel guitar, great fiddle, great song and above all a wonderful singer

[@berniebond]

...and a nice mullet

[@maxmiguel500]

Such great dance music !

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Listen to this song hundreds of times Thanks ❤

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Every day

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Everyday

[@mr.blackhawk142]

I'm NOT gonna..Listen to this song hundreds of times, and jou can't make me!

[@michaelcookson1822]

One of the most underrated albums/performers of the late 80's.

[@mrpoolplayer6379]

These were the days & hopefully they will come again, but I doubt it. This is a Country Song & it tells a story. It's not Hip Hop, RAP, Horseshit, Heavy Metal or anything else, but Country. And it will be played for the next few hundred years. The stuff played on Radio today, won't be played again next month & maybe never again, EVER. That speaks volumes about it's real worth... Enjoy a real song, folks, for as long as you can...

[@christinevicker9017]

How rite u r im 70 an totally agree im an Australian fan

[@mkl62]

A #1 hit for Rodney Crowell on the Country & Western charts. It was the 918th #1 C&W song of the Rock Era.

[@peirehaenga8352]

True Country Music will NEVER die ❤❤❤❤❤ especially songs like this ....

[@jeannespahr2696]

You remember this? Long time ago. Lol

[@christinebyczkiewicz271]

I agree with many of you--I miss this older country sound...the new country really doesn't do it for me :(

[@ElaineVS1950]

You are so right, and I am a country girl at heart

[@oliverwagner1111]

you got that right but look at all the songs he did for Johnny cash

[@candym2835]

Two steppin all the way! Not like today.

[@StevenGabbard]

That's why I stopped listening to new music around 2001. If you want to hear good music, you'll have to listen to the old stuff.

[@coralanyon757]

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[@sclawman]

Great musicians in this video among Rodney-Steuart Smith on guitar, Hank Devito on pedal steel, Vince Gill/Sam Bush joking around playing twin fiddles

[@johnbruno7614]

One of the most underrated country artist.

[@mariangarrett9769]

Damn straight

[@diame7556]

Perfect to lope my horse to.

[@yeahright302]

no not really,had lot of hits and was well respected for sure!!!maybe just you thinking that?

[@claypigeon77]

This is one Rodney that gets alot of respect and deserves all he gets

[@rodneycrowell5457]

Thank you so much for the love ❤️ I appreciate YOU ! I hope you will never stop listening to my music 🎶.. If you don’t mind it will only take a moment kindly drop me your hangouts or email to so I can get in touch with you privately ❤️

[@Denison935]

I like that song after all this time, makes me think of a woman I still have feelings for 💖💕 the only woman that I ever really loved, but unfortunately she didn't love me as much as I loved her

[@sarahnewcomb738]

This is my favorite song of Rodney's....Well done....

[@Denison935]

@@sarahnewcomb738 it's a good song, but I like "after all this time" better. Brings back memories of a woman I had a relationship with. I still think of her a lot

[@karenmorin7671]

Exactly Nashville Tennessee this is what The real Country Music 🎼🎶🎶 Sounds like. And you can understand the words. Love this beautiful song. Please play more of this ,we miss it Thank You for sharing this amazing music 🎼🎶🎵🎵

[@rodneycrowell6829]

Thanks for your love and support I'll love to talk to you more better..... Kindly send a direct message [phone]

[@Pureheart_gentlesoul]

Hello Karen..

[@johnniejenkins9557]

Those still listening in 2024 how about BIG thumbs up. I’ve been a fan of this man and his music since he started. Take a listen, he has never disappointed me in 30 plus years 😁 … Thank You Rodney

[@rodneycrowell6211]

Hi dear🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my KZbin channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to o and criticism of my career.💞💞🙏💖💕💕

[@murielrichardson3922]

I keep listening to this video & cannot getting it out of my head, my favorite of all times.❤❤❤

[@mr.blackhawk142]

When it came out in the early 90s I got the CD and wore it out!

[@terricarr]

I haven't heard a bad song from him, just a brilliant songwriter and performer.

[@stellaluna4671]

That's what I call country music. Love it. ♥️

[@richardjames3774]

Hello 👋 there.....how’s your day going? Hope you fine and staying safe?

[@murielrichardson3922]

From:Canada with all my admiration❤

[@jodiewiggins4737]

I listened to this song hundreds of times.

[@deborahhanna6640]

Voice that sounds like Roy Orbison. Gotta dance.

[@rodneycrowell6829]

Thanks for your love and support I'll love to talk to you more better.....Kindly send a direct message [phone]

[@Pureheart_gentlesoul]

Hello Deborah..

[@hoborock007]

Rodney Crowell....is the Paul McCartney of country music they even favor each other ......

[@lancegrey1225]

This song REQUIRES TO BE NUMBER ONE FOREVER ! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lancegrey1225]

Thank you Rodney! Not just for the like, BUT ALL THE GREAT SONGS!!!!!

[@deenakhansen3337]

good old real country right here

[@williamrolls4430]

Hello Deena

[@gregh1853]

Im 62 and new country sucks...please return to real county music like this!

[@flowerfarmerscott]

That's about as catchy a melody as anybody's ever going to write.

[@sarahnewcomb738]

It's the best song....

[@ThePacinosmom]

Love the country music from this era.

[@halrice3815]

Parsons Ave. Columbus Ohio with Dwight Yoakam 1981. Shy and quiet guy.

[@X-Factor-by2kz]

Likewise, there will never be anything like it again. I surely miss those days!

[@georginahiltz9712]

V

[@kevinmiller1985]

@@X-Factor-by2kz I do too. That's why I go to KZbin on my Smartphone and wear it out listening to songs like this.

[@kevinmiller1985]

Hey country music stations, this is what country music is supposed to sound like. Why not go back to playing the good stuff like this instead of the shit you play today and try to pass off as country?

[@jodiewiggins4737]

❤❤great and handsome drummer. Great song 🎵 and singer

[@jodiewiggins4737]

1000 times I have watched this, love it ❤

[@jodiewiggins4737]

1010

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Every day 2 or times

[@aklemmer8936]

Video Ahead of its TIME

[@sharonrodriguez9592]

Cuteness overload and a great voice !

[@sharonrodriguez9592]

@Rodney Crowell nice meeting you

[@sharonrodriguez9592]

@Rodney Crowell no sorry

[@sharonrodriguez9592]

@Rodney Crowell I'll call you

[@sarahkittelson622]

One of Rodney's best, so fun, so catchy and makes you gotta get up, sing along and dance! I never tire of this song : )

[@paulwhitlock6666]

👍❤️

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Love ❤this song 🎵 and the drummer and the singer. I have listened to this song hundreds of times.

[@sasaddsa]

song name? 5:19

[@peterneyndorff9452]

ALWAYS LOVE THIS KIND OF COUNTRY MUSIC 👍❤️🏆🙏🎤🎵🎵

[@mikependelton2163]

A gem of a song by Rodney! Classic Texas swing! A song to dance to forever!

[@idafillmore9515]

Liked when country was country not like today !!hanks to this great one Enjoyed!!

[@jodiewiggins4737]

❤listened 🎶 to this song hundreds of times

[@poulanpiper9419]

one of the last great country music artists. what is that crap they play today ?

[@markginsel4238]

Just left his concert here in Kerrville Tx. Can report at age 72 dude is still kicking ass.

[@lancegrey1225]

Thank you AGAIN Rodney, and all the BAND MEMBERS TOO! ❤ LOVE IT!

[@irenemunoz3824]

This is ' Real Country '!!! Not Beyonce .

[@murielrichardson3922]

My favorite song ❤of Rodney Crowell , love all of what you sing. You are a real Gem. God 🙌 bless you all your life. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@misssweet8362]

classic country music is still alive in my home.

[@Bbendfender]

Steuart Smith on the Strat. He's with the Eagles now. What a good song.

[@charlescampbell2585]

DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRY ALBUMS. THE TRUE SOUND OF COUNTRY IS VERY ALIVE HERE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK TO THIS KIND OF QUALITY IN COUNTRY.

[@jodiewiggins4737]

Great 🎶 singer and drummer 🥁

[@genevievephillip7857]

Lively❤PTL Good Morning Have A Nice Day!

[@lorettawalsh6897]

Couldn't be the best young singer ever!

[@williamrolls4430]

Hello Loretta

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

Hello 👋 Loretta how are you doing?

[@stevecoons7095]

Rodney Crowell was never an artist to offer quantity over quality and was a standard who brought the best to the musical community. A top songwriter and a stylist who always made the lyrics tell you in imagery, a story you could see in your mind. And as the story unfolded in the video you would love everything he made, Rodney Crowell is one one of my all time favorites.

[@shredder8677]

He's very good at that not the greatest but definitely in my top five amongst the likes of guy Clark and john prine

[@lh7098]

i appreciate the original sounds if country where the women and men could write, and nearly play every instrument. nothing like today's and nothing like barbara mandrell or roy clark. dont get me wrong George Strait is great too but most country entertainers let go of that genre long ago. Miranda Lambert writes, sings, plays more than one instrument. I feel the rest have just been conditioned and left the humble and grass roots of where traditional and classic came from. This new age will never know stuttering mel ( stopped when he sang), haggard, Conway, roy clark, earl thomas conoley, those songs back then had meaning and spoke the truth. i am from texas. you can privately text me if possible. i am not one to give out personal profile. if you dont mind you can give me yours first. thanks.

[@willolsen5838]

@@lh7098 love your comment and I sure agree, seems the best is in the past where it was real and touching, not made up junk just for another so called hit. I'm 74 and love good music, I'm in Gettysburg area and am constantly sending great stuff to listen to in Pittsburgh. I wanted to be DJ in my early twenties, but never pursued it. I'm a combination kinda of guy, i.e., love good country, good love songs, good rock, good oldies...and great harmony. Do you like Jake Owen - my two favs are Don't think I can't love you and what we ain't got. You're the only one love ever responded to. Have a Blessed Day!

[@sarahnewcomb738]

My favorite is Rodney....

[@jeffreybaker100]

Rodney Crowell looks so much like Paul McCartney!

[@jimmypage2138]

+Jeffrey Baker not really

[@louannmarison2290]

Totally agree, he's the best. I love his songs

[@louannmarison2290]

Will u ever tour again??

[@jeannespahr2696]

My man, that's how I love him.

[@TheMorkats]

One of the greatest country song ever.

[@1954crc]

An awesome artist and a very underrated artist!

[@johnstapleton1195]

Underrated by the public....but everybody in the business knows he'sTOPS!

[@himikaakram88]

absolutely! very underrated for such talent...

[@virginiagarcia2802]

Can't get enough of this song. No special memories like the song/music.

[@estherjoseph9502]

Country music always sounds absolutely beautiful, when u was born & raised in the country? Nobody could take that away from u! Yes it’s true ,!

[@janicedcunha9092]

Very catchy tune, awesome melody, terrific band. Can't stop listening to the song over and over again. ❤❤❤

[@ericsmith8708]

What a beautiful song unique voice powerful lyrics how are you Janice ?

[@patgaff2536]

One of the best country artists.

[@pietervanderwesthuizen7800]

Wow very,very nice song, my love of my life, I couldn't leave you if I tried. You'll be mine forever

[@dayzofrust9985]

80s country music at it's very very best!!!1988

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Love the concert in the street...Well done Rodney....

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Nice to meet you.....

[@richardhansen1590]

This is the first time listening to Rodney and I must say wow, that guy’s got some great tunes.

[@joewilson7148]

Was with emmylou, friends.

[@jodiewiggins4737]

❤Great singer and song!!!!

[@larrylepore1079]

My kind of REAL COUNTRY MUSIC.

[@murielrichardson3922]

Canada 🇨🇦♥loves Country 🎶music & this wonderful singer, from Dieppe, n-B, Canada x0x

[@henripyokkilehto7714]

Good Band,great Artist!Song is Steel!😊

[@victaylor4157]

The pedal steel in this song gives me an eargasm.

[@buckie48192]

Vic Taylor lol

[@robertgibson7141]

Hank De Vito - played with RC in Emmylou's Hot Band.

[@austinteutsch]

So true. I've played a million gigs with a steel player and it is the ultimate rhythm guitar player complete with all the accents.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

@@robertgibson7141 This is of course Hank in the video.... Paul Franklin played steel on the recording, which is what this is.🎸👋😊

[@benmelman9505]

Ha! Same here!

[@carolbenson6524]

He s aged but still cute...a real country singer and songwriter.

[@rodneycrowell6829]

Thanks for your love and support I'll love to talk to you more better..... Kindly send a direct message [phone]

[@Pureheart_gentlesoul]

Hello Carol..

[@Tink70]

My Mom, 83 and Dad, 92 danced to this song everytime We just lost my Mama Feb 7th 2022 💔💔💔💔💔

[@Tink70]

@Rodney Crowell Hello 👋

[@Tink70]

@Rodney Crowell no I don't use Google chat. I'll say hello, and communicate, interact here. Thank you though

[@Brenda-qm4sy]

Going to see ya tomorrow 😊😂😅 Can't wait Rodney

[@johncarroll9986]

Never heard of this great singer till now,all i can say just brilliant

[@chrisd0801]

Heard this in 1990 Loved his music since then and he still sounds the same as he gets older. "It aint over yet" my favorite track

[@louiseshadbolt4027]

Same fir me , just discovered this amazing singer

[@brianford4985]

He was married at one point to Rosanne Cash. Rodney is one of many I grew up on as a kid

[@chrisd0801]

@@louiseshadbolt4027 pressed the wrong button. Amazing singer

[@chrisd0801]

@@brianford4985 Never knew he was married to Rosanne Cash, you learn more things in life every day

[@patriciaberry4630]

This was during a time when people could could have pure fun. No rush or madness.

[@redshaftedflicker]

Rodney's nothing short of a troubadour, pure genius.

[@lenaandersson7270]

Just what I call REAL COUNTRY 🎤🎸🎼🎶👍👍👍WHAT SOUND👍🎼🎶 📻

[@rodneycrowell6211]

Hi dear🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Thanks for your love and support that has brought me this far, it has been a hard time for me going through this but your love and support keeps me going and standing strong in this difficult times. I do read your heartwarming comments and I truly appreciate all you’ve done for me throughout the years. It’s a season of love😍❤️❤️ for me and so I decided to put a smile on the faces of my fans by going through my KZbin channel and checking out on my fans, so I can get to communicate with my fans better through discussion of depth and humor listening to o and criticism of my career.💞💞🙏💖💕💕

[@DavidWilliams-nc1ss]

Hello 👋 Lena how are you doing?

[@ve3cda]

I live in San Antonio and play in a Classic Country band (South Texas Review). We play a TON of two-step songs like this one because folks here like to dance. It's a beautiful thing to see the dancers going around in a big circle on the sawdust floor. Thanks to all the songwriters, musicians, and singers who keep tradition alive.

[@buckie48192]

ve3cda I grew up in the wrong place..lol Wish I grew up in Texas or in TN. and around musicians.

[@phillymathguy8142]

It's not a 2-step. A triple-2, but not a regular 2-step. You may be a musician, but you're not a dancer!

[@thelakeman5207]

Got that right!

[@billfulton3701]

San Antonio is a great place to live country music is alive and will never die here. All through the summers are too hot brutal.

[@jameswolverton7345]

I’d call this a shuffle/Texas shuffle. Think Just Call Me Lonesome by Rainey Foster.

[@DosBear]

One of the best of the country entertainer's, no doubt in my mind & Rosanne Cash is awesome too.

[@johnhardesty3167]

Crowell, is an undaunted supreme black-listed country star, that I have ever seen, this man has a place in Country Music, he's an acclaimed song writer too, and an accomplished singer, so why isn't he in the 'Country Hall of Fame?'

[@maryheins5271]

+John Hardesty Totally agree. He has been a Nashville staple songwriter for years.

[@patrickhoulihan7210]

I hope to get to Austin one day.I won't bother with Nashville.Rodney is country royalty.

[@timarychuk8058]

what does this song have to do with drags queens and gay people?

[@auaiao9]

Fool, you're the one who's screwed up. Hateful old fucker.

[@kanealson5200]

It's got nothing to do with sexual persuasion unless you're talking about an over pc'd pop market that took over the business that is Nashville. It's true country is gone for bucks made over backwards.

[@mosrite60]

you got that right. Rodney had such a superb band.

[@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782]

My favorite type of country. From one of the best!

[@Super70duster]

this guy was highly overlooked.like drquest44 said,rodney is a great singer/songwriter,he has written some good songs.ive been a fan since i was a teenager in the 80s.

[@frankboyce6608]

One of my favorites! Loved Rodney Crowell

[@soniabarby4630]

Such a great country original singer .xx

[@denisehedden5108]

🥀Now that's what I call real Country music oh yeah I love this song 🥀👍

[@tylerjakes6674]

Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a wonderful day

[@anelladambrosio2513]

​@@tylerjakes6674ciao Tyler! 🙋‍♀️😍😘💘🌅

[@aklemmer8936]

How could you not like this?

[@waynehanson6763]

Real Country! Not pop,hiphop or rapp!

[@sarahnewcomb738]

His very best song...

[@steveclinton4084]

Hello Sarah how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@sarahnewcomb738]

Who are you?

[@sarahnewcomb738]

@@steveclinton4084who are you?

[@fstagigi]

It's been a long, long life for me and I've loved Rodney the entire time. 💖

[@murielrichardson3922]

I still listen to this guy, can't get enough of it. From:Canada with love & appreciation for his talent. 😅❤love you!

[@stanmolina5805]

One of Pop's favorite songs, miss you Dad

[@WhenImBackInChicago]

🕯🕯. Here's to our Fathers. 💞

[@Kyavata]

Country music needs to have an underground movement like rock did years ago. There need to be teenagers and 20-somethings writing and recording this stuff in their garages and bringing the good stuff back.