Louisville Lip from Southern Wind by Dean Owens
Dean:
"I was somewhere around Amarillo, Texas when the news came through that Muhammad Ali had died. I got back to Nashville in the wee hours and wrote this song. Ali meant so much to me growing up and was the reason I wanted to become a boxer. I remember him floating around the ring in those white shorts with the black stripes and thinking ‘I want a pair of those’. RIP The Greatest"
Tracklist
| 7. | Louisville Lip | 4:39 |
Lyrics
I never knew you
But feel like I did
I wanted to be like you
Just like any kid
You said you were so mean
You made medicine sick
Always the greatest
The Louisville Lip
I sat with my father
Watching the Foreman fight
I remember him shouting
What’s he playing at
But you knew what you were doing
With the rope a dope trick
Cos you were the greatest
The Louisville Lip
From Liston
To Foreman
And those Frazier fights
From Clay to Ali
You burned so bright
Guess your fight had to end sometime
So this is it
Forever the greatest
The Louisville Lip
Always the greatest
The Louisville Lip
Credits
Written by Dean Owens
License
All rights reserved.
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.
His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.
8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)
IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives