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Lyle Lovett – Pants Is Overrated Lyrics

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Oh, the nighttime air was fairly breezin
Well, it was cold but not quite freezin
So I looked around to find my trousers
And this voice inside my head grew louder

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Id have never made it out that window out the window
If Id even put just one leg in though
But as it was the circumstance
I gladly lost my favorite pants

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

My people from across the pond
They hail from Scotland and beyond hey, yeah, yeah, hey
Where sheep make wool for socks and shirts
And grown men run around in skirts

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

See the little sheepies big and fat
Standing on the hillside
Standing in the meadow
See the little sheepies big and fat
Theyre making me a sweater
Theyre making me a hat

Lord Jesus knew just what to wear oh, yes, he did, yes, he did
Oh, to live a life in desert air ooh
He walked the earth in poor mans shoes
And sang this ninth beatitude

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

And now as I sit here in my jeans
I think about what this all means
And children come into this world
Without a stitch on boy or girl

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes

Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Pants is overrated
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes