Luckenbach Texas

Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.

Lets go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life were living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An' Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Aint nobody feeling no pain.

We just got back from a summer road trip to the Texas hill country. My daughter wanted to see the Alamo, my wife wanted to visit Fredricksburg, and I wanted to see Luckenbach. This was a much needed road trip for me. My anxiety issue has been at an all time high lately and I just cant seem to calm it.

Luckenbach is quite a little place. Population three, but they have their own motto:

Everybody Is Somebody In Luckenbach.

There is not really much there. The post office is also the general store and the bar. While walking around, I started to have a whole new appreciation of the song. Simple town, simple people, and a simple life, where everybody is somebody. Far too often, I get caught up in the busy city life, chasing the almighty dollar to buy more stuff, when none of that really matters anyway.

So baby lets sell your diamond ring,
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away.
This coat and tie is choking me,
In your high society, you cry all day.
We've been so busy keeping up with the Jones,
Four-car garage
and were still building on.
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.

Getting back to the basics is... on this cowboys mind.


(Luckenback, Texas:Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings)