Steve Earle - Telephone Road Lyrics

"Mama wasn't ready to let her baby go yet (exhales), but ain't nobody hirin in LaFayette. I'm in love.

Awesome! Come on!

Was this "bring your kid to work day"? Ha! Just when i was saying wtf , the Fairfield Four pops up! This video is nuts...i love it

Back in the '40s, my dad used to drive his '32 Ford coupe up and down Telephone Road. He said he punched holes in the muffler with a screwdriver so it would roar and everyone would hear me comin'. <3

I've got virtually everything Steve's ever recorded, and this is in my top 3 faves. Wonderful stuff.

I grew up on Telephone Rd......

Ever eat at Tel-Wink?

this is so badass! it has it all - Steve, the monkey, the backup singers & the cadillac so raw so real

Great tune

Still think Steve did a fantastic job on this song and video clip. Two thumbs up. Love this song. Back then use be real telephone now today cell phones now. I order two cds one greatest album. A plus. Steve can sing anything still greatest artist and talented. I should know music from your heart. Way back 1970s. Been listening all kind songs.

Houston Astros victory song!

nobody is better at this then Steve Earle

james cain nobody's better now

Brilliant, which is no surprise because it is the one and only Steve Earle

man, Steve Earle is beyond cool

I could listen to this song and never get enough of it. It's amazing....

Awesome video!

where's this filmed?

My guess is outside Nashville, since that is where he was living and recording at the time, but I don' know for sure. The Fairfield Four are also Nashville based.

+nilradem I'm only 32 but I was thinking I don't remember telephone ever looking like that. would of been cool to see a bit more geographically literal for a time capsule I guess.
when you are looking at trees a pool, and a car wash it could be anywhere though. thanks

They could have put at least one shot of Telephone Road in Houston in this Video.... I drove done Telephone Rd many times never saw anything like the stuff in the Video... But I'll cut Steve some slack... He and I lived in a lot of the same places. Houston, Austin, Nashville etc.. I know all about "1000 Miles from the Guitar town" because that is about the exact mileage from My House in Nashville to my Parents in Austin.. Well back when I lived in Nashville.. Oh and the neighborhood I lived in back in Nashville was the same one his old Bass Player Roy Huskey lived in... I knew Roy's son Taylor . Anyway enough about me and shit.. Just thought the Telephone RD video would have shots of Telephone RD in it..

"They could have put at least one shot of Telephone Road in Houston in this Video." Agreed. I used to drive Telephone Road every day on my way to and from work back in the day. The ambiance would have added to the video.

A much younger Justin Townes Earle in this! :)

what a great song reminds me of me and my brothers growing up in a small town

Lafayette isn't a small town. I loved living there for the 8 years I was in grad school. Lafayette is big enough to have the amenities of a big city, but not that headaches and hassles. Although, I was back there recently and it is way bigger now.

It's a small town.

I suppose if you call at town of over 120000 people, and 600000 thousand in the Metro area a small town it is small. I loved it because it was the perfect size, great restaurants, and all the amenities of a larger town. I grew up in a large city of over 1 million people. Lafayette is great. Now I really live in a small town, and have to travel one and a half hours to get to one city, and 50 minutes from another city.

got a little honey just let go they are all dying any way

Yes, if it was possible I would come on to every road with Steve Earle....

My-O-My Club.. hell yeah.

telephone road is a hoe strip in houston tx

mruntuchable1 No Shit

And that's OK.

someone referenced meatloaf personally you can see Elvis throughout this video. Including the background singers from Memphis. Elvis Presley became Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle.

Star power all the way. Love this song and video.

thanks steve

Love this! One of my favorite Steve Earle songs. Steve's costar in this video grew up to be a helluva musician himself.

Love this! One of my favorite Steve Earle songs. Steve's costar in this video grew up to be a helluva musician himself.

HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST SONGWRITERS WORKING IN ANY GENRE - AND AGAINST THE PREVAILING WISDOM OF MUSICAL NARROWCASTING, STEVE EARLE STRADDLES A BUNDLE OF STYLES WITH THE NIMBLE EASE OF A HOMESPUN VISIONARY WHO CORRECTLY SEES THAT ULTIMATELY IT'S ALL ONE.  

Albert Hernandez I can't understand you when you SCREAM!

A great comment Albert.

I realize the drug reference, just that it is not really related to the song, and the rest of the video (like singing in an empty pool) is a little random. Actually, I think the video is more about Steve's new sobriety than it is about the song.

I don't recognize the drug reference, don't know whether I'm too old or too Young or I just never did that particular
drug. So what 8lill to ⅞

the monkey is the need to do Crack hens'e "the monkey on your back"

Steve; This is a Kevin Nealon kinda thing. You know, "Mr. Subliminal" messaging.

Wow, didn't know there was a video for this. Perhaps Steve's most rousing song
(is the monkey supposed to symbolize his heroin addiction? Probably).

without fail, every country singer/songwriter I ever loved came from Texas. Rodney, Ray, Lyle and Steve. Great singers, great culture.

steve is from virgina

Never lost that infectious smile!

great song

waiting all week for a texaco check---brilliance personified

i love the way he says lafayette. as in "there's no one hiring in..." and "sometimes i get lonesome for..." i must go visit there just to walk around in his mouth uttering those three syllables.

They are the Fairfield Four. They also played and recorded with ,for example, John Fogerty.
Anyway theres plenty from them to be found on YT.

Who are the great old guys singing in the chorus, standing by the pool? Are they the Blind Boys of Alabama??

C,mon C,mon C,mon let's go....everybody's rockin down to.....

I don't think Steve is underated, I just think he remains very undiscovered. Those that discover him realise he is something special. All the music press rave about him when each album comes out. He doesn't get enough air time in my opinion.

I feel like he is underrated but it is because he was shunned by the establishment

His words are too deep for most i think... people dont like to use their heads

Steve's shotgun passenger is Justin Townes Earle. He certainly looks like Steve when he was younger. He's doing music now too. God bless 'em both!

great songwriter and artist. he is beginning to look a little like a cross between meatloaf and jack black, or maybe meatloaf and elvira. don't agree with a lot of his political views but you could fill a book with his great quotes.

This is becoming one of my fav. songs right now
Thanks a lot for posting man.

hey, I've never really looked that hard before but now you mention it, it definately is Justin. Well spotted!

Hey does anyone know ...is that his son Justin in that passenger seat ?

He kinda looks like Meatloaf. I grew up with Meatloaf and loved him.

I love steve, and a I never saw that video!!!
Thanks!!!!