Liza Jane
Vince Gill / Albert Lee Lyrics

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You've got my number
You've got my name
So why don't you call me
Little Liza Jane

You've got that body
You've got that frame
So why don't you call me

Little Liza Jane

Girl, I got it bad for you
There ain't nothin' I won't do
Just one kiss and I'll never be the same
Little Liza Jane, oh little Liza Jane

Now you've heard my story
You've got to know my name
So why don't you call me
Little Liza Jane

Girl, I got it bad for you
There ain't nothin' I won't do
Just one kiss and I'll never be the same
Little Liza Jane, oh little Liza Jane
Little Liza Jane (ooh, little Liza Jane)

Little Liza Jane (ooh, little Liza Jane)
(Ooh, little Liza Jane, ooh, little Liza Jane)

Overall Meaning

In Vince Gill's song Liza Jane, the singer is completely smitten with a woman named Liza Jane. He is asking her why she hasn't called him despite having his number and knowing his name. The singer is in awe of Liza Jane's body and frame, and expresses that he is head-over-heels, desperately wanting to be with her. He says that all it would take is just one kiss for him to be changed forever. The repetition of the phrase "little Liza Jane" emphasizes the singer's adoration of the woman.

The song can be seen as a classic example of infatuation and unrequited love as the singer is pining for Liza Jane without any indication of her feelings towards him. The pleading tone of the lyrics, especially in the chorus conveys the desperation of the singer.

Overall, Vince Gill's Liza Jane is a sweet, yet sad love song about longing for someone who may not reciprocate those feelings.

Line by Line Meaning

You've got my number
I really like you and I want you to call me.

You've got my name
You know who I am, but I need you to recognize and acknowledge my feelings for you.

So why don't you call me
I am waiting for you to make the move and call me, I am not sure why you haven't yet.

Little Liza Jane
This is a playful nickname I have for you, and I want you to call me by a cute nickname too.

You've got that body
I am attracted to you physically, but my feelings run deeper than just lust.

You've got that frame
I admire your figure, but I am interested in getting to know you beyond your looks.

Girl, I got it bad for you
I have strong feelings for you and I can't stop thinking about you.

There ain't nothin' I won't do
I am willing to go above and beyond to show you how much I care for you.

Just one kiss and I'll never be the same
I want to share a special moment with you and deepen our connection.

Now you've heard my story
I have shared my feelings with you and I hope you understand where I am coming from.

You've got to know my name
I hope that by telling you my name, you will see me as someone worth getting to know.

Little Liza Jane (ooh, little Liza Jane)
This nickname reminds me of the happiness and joy that comes with being around you.

Little Liza Jane (ooh, little Liza Jane)
I can't help but say your name and feel happier for it.

(Ooh, little Liza Jane, ooh, little Liza Jane)
Your presence and attention means everything to me, and I want you to feel the same way.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Vincent Grant Gill, Reed Nielsen

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01I Ain't Living Long Like This [Live]

02I Ain't Living Long Like This

03LIza Jane

Vince Gill / Albert Lee

04Tiger Rag

05I Ain't Living Long Like This (with Albert Lee)

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Comments from YouTube:

@chainamarie03

2y↑3

I'd forgotten just how good Gill sounded.

@amutimer100

12y↑6

Vince's million dollar guitar sound is just so good.

@dfifty2

4y↑3

Vince Gill is the best Country guitarist of all times in my opinion. Tasteful chops, incredible musical talent with a killer Tele-tone

@wesleybullock814

27w

Chet Adkins

@stanproctor7545

11y↑9

This video confirms, beyond all doubt, that these two country boys sure can play!

@tundradog

15y↑15

I met Albert a couple of years ago while he was playing a gig with Sonny Landreth,A nicer guy you will not find..And what a guitar player!!!!!

@canadianroot

I had a chance to meet him, too, and agree with your assessment. Humble and affable.

@peterlindholm7822

37w↑1

Sonny as well

@14.1guy2

37w↑1

Albert Lee is in a class by himself....Vince knows he's in the presence of greatness. Putting them together on the same stage can't be beat, unless you add James Burton to the mix.

@JimmyPlomo

14y↑3

Albert is one of the best B-bender telecaster players IMHO. He's just... perfect. Love Vince's playing and tune, too. Thaks for posting the footage.

@benrosow7997

No B-bender here, though.

@laurieharper1526

@@benrosow7997 Check from 2.08 to 2.15. You can see Albert push on the guitar and hear the bender working.

@rallful

@@laurieharper1526 And you can clearly see the roller behind the bridge.

@Mr18951

1y↑2

What a killer Jam..2 Legends

@pepewiwi

15y↑1

2 Experten am Werk......!!!!!!! Fantastisch!!!!

@Illinois-Wildlife-Encounters

13y↑5

Hell folks, it don't get no better than this....

@Laverdadduele1

12y↑3

Just about every video Albert plays in, you see the other axemen by his side hearing him, smiling and looking back in awe.

@nonstoprocker5377

15y↑7

2 of the all time greats on guitar...awesome!

@jimmaculate3802

8y↑3

yes, guitar heaven, not to mention the fiddler and the drummer, thanks!!

@canuckistani81

12y↑5

Damn son, that's some fine tele-twang!

@davearonow

14y↑3

Mark O'Connor may be one of the top ten greatest musicians alive on the planet at the moment

@bluegrassmovie12

12y↑2

Some of the best video camerawork on the guitar solos between these two.

@tentimesaloser

13y↑1

one of the best of all time country singers and what a guitarist too - Vince Gill albert is good too ,,,,,,,,,,,

@coreyratliff9349

5y↑1

He sorta didn’t pay his dues. He was in Pure Prairie League at 19. However he was THAT good that he was able to do that. Why would anyone hate on someone like Vince who naturally has real talent.

@TamaDrumNut

11y↑3

When you think of Vince Gill you don't really think of him being a solist but he did a plenty credible job here on this song.

@SONGABUNDANCE128

15y↑3

Beyond brilliant! in all ways!!

@steve2275

15y↑2

i cant believe ive never heard of albert lee

@mav51063

13y↑1

WOW! Great performance! And Vince was so young & good looking here! (He's still got it!)

@RasMajnouni

14y↑2

This is only fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

@kbless551

13y

Albert, no words, and Vince can get it with the best. Used to see vince with a bluegrass band in Okla CIty, Mountain Smoke, when he was a 18 or so......

@Kevin12416

10y↑4

Great collaboration of musicians. Harry Stinson on drums...now with Marty Stuart, Albert Lee, Vince Gill..and the bass just keeps the bottom line rollin. Rockin video

@Mystbilly

Yeah- who is that on bass? I recognized Harry.

@jasoncolegrove5032

Don't forget about the legendary Mark O'Connor in fiddle

@TheBlakem

10y↑3

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AWESOME!

@guitar78ish

11y

This was a single off Vince Gill's 1991 album Pocket Full of Gold. Vince Gill co-wrote the song with Reed Neilsen.

@lesscunning9651

16y↑1

great footage.

@Hjaltland2

11y↑2

I kept waitin for Mark comin with a fiddle break!! great stuff though.

@impassable

9y↑2

Vince can really lay it down..Of course so can Albert

@terrryc

11y

What a nice performance. This is what you listen to in the cab of the Kenwoth at 4 AM, after the beer and reefer put a nice edge on your Amphetamine buzz, and you are 60 miles out of New York, rolling up the New Jersey turnpike at 80 miles an hour....

@99jic

9y↑1

Kick ass tele playin

@lambert1702

4y↑1

Back when Albert Lee still had a good guitar sound. He should have never stopped playing Teles...

@richardv.582

He evolved.

@laurieharper1526

Agreed. I find he uses too much chorus these days. Still a wonderful player, though.

@sabothk60

Leaner Vince Gill

@KeepinBuzzy

13y↑1

Wonderful wonderful ...

@alspeed4857

10y↑3

Two of the premiere graduates of the James Burton School of Design. Loved this song from the jump when it came out in the 80's. Couple of sweet-pickin' b-bendin' mofos putting on a clinic here.

@oldwest517

10y↑1

Two of the best and two of my favorites, no doubt. But I don’t think Gill has a b-bender on his Tele. Not sure about Lee -- looks like he may have one, but the camera doesn’t stay on him long enough for me to tell for sure. Those guys are so good at string-bending right on the fretboard that they really don’t need it. What a performance.

@rallful

Albert has a B-Bender - the clue is the position of the strap button.

@KaminJohn

al speed it actually came out in 91'

@surveyordave

this was such a great show. The Nashville Network could have been so much better with more shows like that.

@shinadamski5815

11y↑1

I haves this song CD. hi vince great riff play tere wooooooow

@ferraridinoman

13y

Albert: Kick that bloody Musicman! and get back to that tele with the B bender !! great stuff!!!!

@Gruezi583

15y↑1

i like this

@sarinamehrtash990

9y↑1

Little Liza

@nikon052952

12y

thats one incredible groooove

@stokernovox

11y↑1

yes vince did record it! listen to them do tiger rag!

@Bigstrat2

AWESOME !!!

@skipit650

11y

Your BF might be a famous Guitarist, but Vince and Albert would clean his clock.

@douglasfriesen5506

8y↑1

Albert Lee great great great,Vince isn't too bad either

@jboatb

12y

Wow----beachboy!!!!

@carolbiggs722

10y

hes so good

@TheGeofflane

11y

Ten out of ten, Heather, but one thing you got wrong: Vince Gill sings like an angel. Albert plays like one.

@johnniebgoode

12y

That's handsome harry on the drums

@simplestargazer

14y↑1

Albert Lee rips, and Vince Gill ain't no slouch either.

@brianw793

11y↑1

I don't like nasty comments - life is too short. I watched Albert a few weeks ago in Aberdeen, Scotland in a small venue. He is not too proud to play for the people for a modest fee. As usual, he was magnificent, as were Hogan's Heroes. By the way, who is Jessi Perkins? If she wants to hear a guitar monster, she should listen to Tommy Emmanuel, one of the greatest players on the planet. Love to all, Big Brian.

@TamaDrumNut

12y

I am not a big Vince Gill fan but he really kicks ass with this venerable old tune.

@shinadamski5815

11y

good Tere lick is Awesome:)

@mushkamusic

amazing eh, and Albert so restrained!

@bobbyozb

8y↑3

I found Telecaster heaven !!!

@gmr366

15y↑1

A great performance by both Vince and Albert...A little duelling guitar going on there. Both men are masters but methinks Albert edged Vince out a tad in the picking department. Ha ha. Also Albert has a great voice too..didn't see him sing in this one but maybe I missed it.

@skipit650

11y↑2

Well, Mark Knopfler thinks Vince is a Guitar God His words and he wanted Vince in Dire Straits before his solo thing took off. How many times have you see Vince Live? Just Asking?

@lamborn55

12y

That was what he played then; this is before the Musicman model came out. By the time that came out, his hair was already grey.

@missinglowell

14y

is this from the early/mid 90's? (thanks for posting - love the Vince & guest "live" jams!

@revelationsoundstudio

11y

Did Vince ever record this song. Only have heard it live on YouTube. This is the best version though with Albert and Vince jamming

@jasoncolegrove5032

2y↑1

Yes he did it was off his CD Pocket Full of Gold

@bobvocal

12y

Quite agree

@blueatlantisguitar

Albert Lee!!! does anyone know the setup on his tele!!!!!,, I know Vinve is stockish and I love his tone. I have a 66 I'm redoing and love Vince and Alberts tone.... SouthCentralTennessee...

@blueatlantisguitar

got my sorderin iron warming up....

@1gilcoy

9y↑2

the thumbs down have their speakers unplugged ....

@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522

No, it´s probably because Albert isn´t wearing his green and yellow shirt :D

@BIgRon2176

12y

my Bad, I thought the red guitar on the stand behind him was his signature guitar. Big Ron

@BIgRon2176

13y

Note that Albert picks up the Tele for this one. LOL Big Ron

@rallful

His Music Man doesn't have a B-Bender.

@bigboijc

14y

tis the very man!

@DTM1864

11y↑1

That Jerry Seinfeld is sure a great singer and guitar player too.

@stanproctor7545

11y↑1

Jessi, just go away! Vince is a fine player...

@oldwest517

10y↑23

Pretty funny that someone on this thread (Jessi Perkins) claims that Vince Gill never paid his dues, and claims to know him well, know less. She obviously doesn’t know him well enough to be aware of all of the people and bands he played for as a side man as he worked his way up. Even at the height of his fame, he never stopped paying his dues as a studio musician, often playing on obscure albums. Did it before he was famous, did it while he was famous, and he continues to do it today. Eric Clapton selected him for a prominent role at his Crossroads festivals, and he was invited to join Dire Straits at one point.

Didn’t pay his dues... that’s just plain goofy and ignorant.

@14.1guy2

6y↑3

oldwest517 Vince Gil is one is one of the best guitarists working today. He can play ANYTHING. Same goes for Albert Lee!

@empjones

12y

Finger of God plankitude times two! Or is it 4 times 2. Yessiree that's the spot.

@ellebarbie00

14y

my cousin was named after this songg... lol :)

@countrymember66

10y↑1

harry's hair is just a bit shorter, but his back beat is still as rock solid as always!

@Mandolin1944

Yeah old Handsome Harry was really handsome in those days -- what a great drummer and vocalist and fine man. Love seeing him on the Marty Stuart show every Saturday on RFD TV.

@zonamon1

14y

On Albert's first solo, I get a kick out of Vince's "Wow!" before the verse. That's what I said, 'Wow!". Vince's opening solo was excellent. But, Albert was doing that freak-of-nature thing, playing his version of 32nd note triplet mu chords. Where'd that come from? He's old, and fresh?

@flyingninjachop

12y

i love this song, only because it has my name in it. well its also great music, but mainly cause my name is eliza jane.

@hot88s23

Why don't you call me, Eliza Jane?

@skipit650

11y

Well I lived in the South Bay Area of So Cal And I remember Vince playing his Martin on the Hermosa Beach pier for tips. in the 70's .Back then he was part of the South Bay 'Country Boys, with Emmylou, Rodney, Ricky Scaggs, Delbert, and others They would hang out at the Sweetwater club in Redondo Beach. I remember seeing Albert at Tower Records in Pasadena for a Laurel Canyon Ramblers in store gig.He was just waiting for the gig just like the rest of us. Sorry to hear Vince became a jerk

@da324

3y↑1

What reliable source do you have to think Vince has become a jerk?

@JimmyPlomo

14y

@altstrasse well, i'd bet he is using a b-bender in this one. check 2:10 or 3:45... but can be wrong. anyway, i agree about albert being an incredible chicken picker. bout guitars, i like his signature MM but tele is tele... it's "the guitar" for this kind of music, you know what i mean... that chicken like attack... yeah!!! long life to Albert, Vince and company. RIP Danny Gatton.

@xetexuk12

AL is the real guitar player here, don't think much of the other bloke

@billducas

Is that Marty Stuart's drummer?

@davidmayo6947

Yes. He's played with a ton of stars. I've played several gigs with him. Great guy.

@anyakelly

Anybody knows what year is the tele he's plaing? '64? '68?

@RetroBytesTV

June Moris that is his 53' I believe

@anyakelly

Oh yes so I guess that's the one he always plays. Do you know if there's a big difference with a '52?

@davidwalden8732

10y

Who is the bass player?

@billbranch1

9y↑1

Glenn Worf. All of these guys on the American Music Shop are outstanding, most of them session players. I am sure there is much about him on the Internet.

@saucerdesigner

Bill Branch
Thanks Bill.

@herbm55

11y↑3

Vince hasn't paid his dues? Vince is arrogant? My, my, someone has jealousy and anger issues.

@TamaDrumNut

11y

it sounds like little Jessi Perkins has some anger management issues. or were you just on the rag when you wrote that?

@huron531

13w

Two serious pickers.

@AceHermes

20 tone deaf SOBs out there

@ebay9302

11y

My boyfriend said that, I don't know that much about it. He is a famous guitarist.

@billbranch1

10y↑3

Jessi Perkins, if I were you father I'd be kicking you sorry butt out into the street. These are guys who have paid their dues and have made modest fortunes, for example, Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs $15 and $20 million respectively, and these are God-fearing, humble, nice people who thank the Lord for everything with which he's blessed them. Compare that to Bill Clinton and Sean Penn, net worth $80 (additional $79 since he left office) and Sean Penn $200 million each, both are snide, disrespectful, arrogant, corrupt and immoral. But all four of these men pay taxes. What's with the fair share business? Isn't there a fair share the unemployed and the welfare mothers should have to pay?

@classicalmusic7430

9y↑1

Scott Murphy Evidently you know nothing much about Vince Gill. There have been many respected people who publicly praise Vince for his character as a man. "He's the kind of man you would hope your daughter would marry or your son would grown up to be" says Max D. Barnes who with Vince co- wrote "Look At Us" , which the CMA names 1992 song of the year. ( from the liner of album "Souvenirs". That is one of many examples of people who talk about Vince Gill. Most recent you would find in an article in Rolling Stone about Vince for the review at CMA 2014.
You need to find the truth before you display your ignorance.

@TheBrentfleming

48w

So Vince Gill sings a LGBTQ song ?. Getting his pronounce politically correct. Why don t you call me " Litle Liza Jane" ?

@ebay9302

11y

They don't pay their fair share while they relax in their wasteful lifestyle and people are starving. That is wrong and they should have their wealth taken and given to those in need. Got it jerk! Jessi

@ebay9302

11y

I've got news for you: Albert Lee was responsible for much of Mr Knoflers success. I know Vince fairly well. Don't like the man; he is in one word, arrogant. A "silver spooned" kid with talent. Married into a fortune on top of that as his wife comes from a very wealthy family. He hasn't paid his dues, simple as that. I have zero respect for him. Albert, on the other hand, is a magnificent "MAN". A guitar players "Guitar Player". Takes no credit, is so kind, humble, and respectful of his fans.

@tbyrnegs

jessi , what you bin smokin girl, this guy is the man , sounds like your boyfreind got some envy issues you both have, dont trash talk,n someone for been more succesful than you .dont make you a nice person, be humble

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