That's Right (You're Not from Texas)

"That's Right (You're Not from Texas)"
Single by Lyle Lovett
from the album The Road to Ensenada
ReleasedFebruary 24, 1997
Recorded1996
GenreCountry, western swing
Length4:54
LabelCurb/MCA
Songwriter(s)Lyle Lovett, Willis Alan Ramsey, Alison Rogers
Producer(s)Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett singles chronology
"It Ought to Be Easier"
(1996)
"That's Right (You're Not from Texas)"
(1997)
"Bears"
(1998)

"That's Right (You're Not from Texas)" is a song written by Lyle Lovett, Willis Alan Ramsey and Alison Rogers and recorded by Lovett for his 1996 studio album The Road to Ensenada. It was released as the album's fourth single on February 24, 1997.[1]

Due to its use in a series of advertisements promoting Texas tourism, the phrase has also come to be used independently to describe the quirky and sometimes misunderstood attitudes associated with Texas.

  1. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records: 57. February 21, 1997.