Their first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, was released in 2004. This album produced four straight Top 40 country hits, including the number 11 "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", plus collaborations with Cowboy Troy, Gretchen Wilson, and Martina McBride. Comin' to Your City was released in November 2005 followed by another Top 20 single the Vietnam War-inspired "8th of November", and two more Top 40 hits. Joining the duo on this album were Cowboy Troy, Wilson, and Kris Kristofferson. Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace, released in 2007, produced their only No. 1 single, "Lost in This Moment". Both before and during the duo's hiatus, Rich has worked as a producer and songwriter for several other artists.
After this album, both members went on hiatus and released solo albums in 2009 — Big Kenny's The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm Boy and Rich's Son of a Preacher Man. These also produced the duo's first Top 40 solo entries — Big Kenny with "Long After I'm Gone" and Rich with "Shuttin' Detroit Down". In 2010, Big Kenny released his second solo country album, Big Kenny's Love Everybody Traveling Musical Medicine Show Mix Tape, Vol. 1 and in 2011, Rich released the extended plays For the Kids and Rich Rocks, the latter of which included the Top 40 country single "Country Done Come to Town". Big & Rich reunited in May 2011 to release "Fake ID", a cut from the soundtrack to the 2011 film Footloose. A year later, the duo released their fourth album, Hillbilly Jedi, which produced the Top 20 hit "That's Why I Pray. In July 2013, Rich announced that the duo had begun work on their fifth studio album, Gravity, which was released independently. Another independent album, Did it For the Party, was announced in 2017 for release in September, led by the single "California.
Look at You
Big & Rich Lyrics
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Cuttin' right through me
You set me on the rewind, back to the good times
When you couldn't get enough of me
I guess I givin' myself away
Sayin' all the things I never did say
I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
Baby, when I look at you
Yeah, baby when I look at you
Last thing I thought I'd see was
You across the bar from me, and
Holdin' on to that turkey bottle
Shootin' em down, and runnin' full throttle
Oh I can still taste the last time
You and me and nothin' but the tan lines
Keeps runnin' through my my mind
On and on and on and on and
Baby when I look at you, with them baby blues
Cuttin' right through me
You set me on the rewind, back to the good times
When you couldn't get enough of me
I guess I givin' myself away
Sayin' all the things I never did say
I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
Baby, when I look at you
Yeah, baby when I look at you
Well I know you know I'm a watchin'
Your low cut on the dance floor rockin'
Got the whole place worked up and locked in
Girl you sure do know how to serve it
The way I did ya Lord I deserve it
You know my heart, you know how to hurt it
On and on and on and on and
Baby when I look at you, with them baby blues
Cuttin' right through me
You set me on the rewind, back to the good times
When you couldn't get enough of me
I guess I givin' myself away
Sayin' all the things I never did say
I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
Baby, when I look at you
Yeah, baby when I look at you
Well, I could start a tab and run it up
Or close it out and head to my truck, and
Drive away as fast as I can
And forget we ever bucked
'Cause aby when I look at you, with them baby blues
They're cuttin' right through me
You set me on the rewind, back to the good times
When you couldn't get enough of me
I guess I givin' myself away
Sayin' all the things I never did say
I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
Oh, I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
Baby, when I look at you
Yeah, baby, when I look at you
Baby when I look at you, with them baby blues
They're cuttin' right through me
In Big & Rich's song "Look at You," the singer is overcome with emotion when he sees a former lover across the bar. He reminisces about the good times they had together and the way she used to look at him with her baby blue eyes. He can't help but give himself away by saying all the things he never did before, and he loses himself in her beauty. Despite their past, he knows that he shouldn't start anything again, and he debates whether to start a tab and run it up or leave and forget that they ever, in his words, "bucked."
The first verse is a reflection of the singer's thoughts, taking him down memory lane to those great moments of their past. The second verse, however, focuses on the present moment, where he's watching his former lover on the dance floor, remembering their past together. The chorus rings out his feelings and shares how he's lost himself looking at her, feeling that he'll never get enough of her. The third verse reveals that the singer knows how to hurt her through his actions, and he remembers the past with pride.
"Look at You" is about the up-and-down reminiscing of a love affair and captures the emotional rollercoaster of working through one's feelings. It captures the pain and nostalgia present when someone who was so crucial to our lives enters the room unexpectedly, and we must come to terms with our unresolved feelings.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby when I look at you, with them baby blues
When I look at you and see your blue eyes, I feel a strong emotional connection
Cuttin' right through me
Your gaze feels intense and creates an emotional impact on me
You set me on the rewind, back to the good times
When I see you, I am reminded of the good times we had together in the past
When you couldn't get enough of me
You had a strong desire for me and I felt very loved by you
I guess I givin' myself away
I feel like I'm being too transparent with my feelings towards you
Sayin' all the things I never did say
I am expressing things to you that I kept buried inside before
I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
When I see you, I become so absorbed that I forget everything else
Last thing I thought I'd see was
I was not expecting to see you in this situation
You across the bar from me, and
You are on the other side of the bar
Holdin' on to that turkey bottle
You have a bottle of alcohol in your hand
Shootin' em down, and runnin' full throttle
You are drinking a lot of alcohol and doing it quickly
Oh I can still taste the last time
I can remember the last time we were together and what it felt like
You and me and nothin' but the tan lines
It was just the two of us, and we had tan lines from being in the sun before
Keeps runnin' through my mind
I keep thinking about these memories and they won't leave my thoughts
Well I know you know I'm a watchin'
I'm aware that you know that I'm watching you
Your low cut on the dance floor rockin'
You are dancing on the floor in a low-cut outfit and it looks great
Got the whole place worked up and locked in
Everyone in the place is paying attention to you
Girl you sure do know how to serve it
You know how to attract attention and show off your best qualities
The way I did ya Lord I deserve it
I treated you well in the past and now I feel I should be rewarded by how amazing you look and act
You know my heart, you know how to hurt it
You know how much I care and could hurt me deeply if you chose to
Well, I could start a tab and run it up
I could keep ordering drinks and spend a lot of money at this bar
Or close it out and head to my truck, and
I could pay the tab and leave, heading to my truck
Drive away as fast as I can
I want to leave as soon as possible
And forget we ever bucked
I want to forget our relationship ever existed
Oh, I lose myself, there's nothing else I can do
I become so captivated by you that I can't think of anything else
Yeah, baby, when I look at you
You have a powerful effect on me when I see you
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Erik Shannon Lawson, John Rich
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