The song Rita Ballou is performed by Guy Clark in the album named The Essential Guy Clark in the year 1997 .
She could dance that slow Uvalde
Shuffle to some cowboy hustle
How she made them trophy buckles shine, shine, shine
Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered
Trickin' dumb old cousin Willard
Into thinkin' that he got her this time
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture
Walkin' talkin' Texas texture
High-timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of the cowboys
Look at old Willard grinnin' now boys
You'd of thought there's less fools in this world
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
So good luck Willard and here's to you
And here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya right all night
Lord I wish I was the fool in your shoes
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played a fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you
Guy Clark - The Essential Guy Clark
- Texas 1947
- Desperadoes Waiting For A Train
- Like A Coat From The Cold
- Instant Coffee Blues
- Let Him Roll
- Rita Ballou
- L.A. Freeway
- She Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- A Nickel For The Fiddler
- That Old Time Feelin'
- Texas Cookin'
- Anyhow, I Love You
- Virginia's Real
- Broken Hearted People
- Black Haired Boy
- Me I'm Feelin' The Same
- The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint
- Don't Let The Sunshine Fool You
- The Last Gunfighter Ballad
- Fools For Each Other