Dale Watson - Lost My Heart In San Antone

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San Antonio's Reverwalk is enchanting (at least when it's not hosting a mob descending to watch the lighting of the Christmas Tree).  On a warm Texas evening, it's the sort of place that you could accidentally misplace your heart.

As it turns out, there's a Country song for that.

Or, according to the songwriter, an "Ameripolitan" song.  You see, Dale Watson is an Alt-Country sort of guy, with not a lot of good to say about the "New Nashville" sound of Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, and Sugarland.  Giving up on the "What's the real Country music" debate, he's struck out in his own new - and interesting - direction.  I've posted before about "Country Blues", with the Pistol Annies.  This also offers a definite, pronounced Blues flavor.  Not your usual cowboy song, but a song you can see on a warm Texas evening down by the Riverwalk.



Lost My Heart In San Antone (Songwriter: Dale Watson)

The day gave way to a summer night
blew in by a warm Texas breeze.
The stars were bright enough to hypnotize.
The moon was right for love for you and me.

On the Riverwalk
where we strolled along
The more was planned
but something went wrong.

You stormed out in a thundercloud
and you were gone.
The night I lost my heart
in San Antone.

Sometimes I look up at that Texas moon
and I feel so all alone.
I wonder if you look up and see it
and think of our lost love
in San Antone.

On the Riverwalk
where we strolled along
The more was planned
but something went wrong.

You stormed out in a thundercloud
and you were gone.
The night I lost my heart
in San Antone.

The night I lost my heart
in San Antone.