Terry Allen
Terry Allen (May 7, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas) is a country music singer in t… Read Full Bio ↴Terry Allen (May 7, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas) is a country music singer in the outlaw country genre, painter, and conceptual artist from Lubbock, Texas, and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His father was Fletcher ("Sled") Allen (b. August 23, 1886 in West Plains, Missouri – October 16, 1959 in Lubbock, Texas) a catcher in 1910 for the St. Louis Browns who continued his career as a player-manager in the Texas League.

He attended Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. His contemporaries at Monterey High School included Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Jo Harvey Allen and Jo Carol Pierce. Trained as an architect, he received a B.F.A. from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. His art has been supported by three NEA grants and a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. His work Trees (the music, literary and third trees) is installed on the campus of the University of California San Diego as part of the Stuart Collection. His artwork has been featured at the L.A. Louver art gallery in Venice, California.

Terry Allen is represented by Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, CA. His works are represented in the collections of many international museums including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Nelson/Atkins Museum in Kansas City, the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, l’Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Musee Saint Pierre, Lyon, France, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Terry Allen recorded eight albums during the years 1979 to 2004 and collaborated with David Byrne on the soundtrack for Byrne's movie True Stories. Allen's music is far from traditional. A quote attributed to Allen states: "People tell me it's country music, and I ask, 'Which country?'" Allmusic calls his 1979 release, Lubbock (On Everything), "one of the finest country albums of all time" and a progenitor of the alt-country movement
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Terry Allen Lyrics


After The Fall Hey Remember all those psychedelic nights When your head com…
Ain'T No Top 40 Song Well they found her dead Face down in a ditch And they…
Amarillo Highway Well I'm a high straight in Plainview Side bet in Idalou An …
Back To Black Every night the same light shines From your eyes and back…
Billy The Boy Snow White Angel On the wings Of a snow white angel He play…
Bloodlines Oh my mother She is a mountain And her breast It touch the…
Blue Asian Reds Yeah she got them red eyes Ah from doin' the red…
Buck Naked Running naked down the state Highway Runnin' naked in the mi…
Canal Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas…
Cantina Carlotta Well I drove down to El Paso On my business Yeah I…
Cocktails For Three Cocktails for three Oh it's gettin' to me Yeah passin' after…
Collector His lonely is only A blank space in the hallway On the w…
Cortez Sail See how the rain Falls from the sky Drifting down From your …



Crisis Site 13 I'm 13 years old I hate your guts an I got a…
Ffa Yeah He never done too good When he's in high school Ah He n…
Flatland Boogie Hey Up on the Caprock Me and my baby ride Goin a…
Flatland Farmer He's a flatland farmer Who flat picks and old guitar Yeah he…
Food Stall Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She…
Four Corners I remember her in the trailer at night With her hair…
Galleria Dele Armi During the time of the second World War A small town…
Gimme A Ride To Heaven Boy Well I was caught up with myself On the highway at…
Give Me The Flowers In this world today where we're living Some folks say the…
Gone To Texas Hey I don't need no chickenshit business man tellin' me what…
Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy) He was a panhandle princeå …
Helena Montana Hey he stumbled from Some derelicts bar Throw'd out his hand…
Highplains Jamboree Ahhh She was a honky tonker An he was a family man An…
I Just Left Myself Well I just left myself today Hell I couldn't wait to g…
Little Sandy Little Sandy Little Sandy Little Sandy Outside A cold wi…
Lubbock Woman Well She's sittin'' in the front room Just watchin the tv Pa…
Manhattan Bluebird Well if you never let Them tight pants Have a chance To h…
My Amigo I need money I need love I need a Cadillac To give me…
New Delhi Freight Train Some people think that I must be crazy But my real…
Oh Hally Lou Washed in the blood Washed In the blood Washed in the blood …
Oh What A Dangerous Life Well they sit out by the hot tubs Oh what a…
Oui (A French Song) OOOOOOO UI OOOOOOO UI OOOOOOO UI OOOO…
Peggy Legg There's a one-legged woman On the dance floor An that one le…
Red Bird Ho down down Ho down dee Red bird dancin In custody Goi…
Red Leg Boy Chorus: Missouri born Red leg boy He just born Yeah to p…
Rendevouz Usa Sa la vey Sa la guerre When that soft suburban moonlight Pla…
Rio Ticino Out on the banks Of the Rio Ticino Standing in front of The…
Roll Truck Roll Chorus: Yeah roll truck roll Yeah roll truck roll Better get…
Room To Room Ah standing in the kitchen Looking out the window Wondering …
Southern Comfort When Jesus saves the world Where will you be? Out on the…
Texas Tears I been wrong for so long Accusing you of wrongness But tonig…
That Kind Of Girl yeah I know you don't understand this But I think you have…
The Beautiful Waitress Well it's not silly When she brings you your chili To grab…
The Collector His lonely is only A blank space in my hallway On the…
The Doll From the east side of Chicago To the down side of…
The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma Yeah She tried to live On the inside An get a house卆n make…
The Great Joe Bob He was a panhandle prince Schoolboy football king I told him…
The Heart Of California Runnin hard an runnin mean Down the ... San Joaquin Diamond …
The Lubbock Tornado Well it come in from the southwest In the middle of…
The Night Cafe Yeah, the truck drivin? man He gonna understand When he pull…
The Show Standing in the spotlight Listening to the crowd Screaming f…
The Wolfman Of Del Rio Well He took his first release On a highway In a 1953 green…
There Oughta Be A Law Against Sunny Southern Ca [Chorus:] Well I'm goin back Goin home again Yeah I'm goi…
There Oughta Be A Law Against Sunny Southern California [Chorus:] Well I'm goin back Goin home again Yeah I'm goin b…
Truckload of Art Once upon a time Sometime ago back on the east coast In…
What Of Alicia Well he just turned 17 When he left old Abilene With his…
Wilderness of This World There's an old shoe Out on the highway Tells us of the…
X-Mas On the Isthmus It's X-Mas on the Isthmus of Panama We're listless this Chr…


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