Amazing Grace (West Texas) – English Lyrics

• By: Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
• Album: The Marfa Tapes

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the serene beauty of West Texas through 'Amazing Grace (West Texas)' by Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, and Jon Randall. This song offers a glimpse into the heart of Texas, celebrating its landscape and community spirit. Learn about the nuances of country storytelling and the evocative power of simple, heartfelt lyrics, all while appreciating the unique charm of West Texas.

[English]

Out in West Texas it hardly ever rains

When it does, it's Amazing Grace

You can hear the cattle from a million miles away

To a cowboy's heart it's Amazing Grace

And the church bells ring in the little bitty towns

And the people come from miles and miles around

Just to hear that old piano feed their faith

With the word of God and Amazing Grace

Watching the sunset, drinking whiskey and lemonade

And when it falls, it's Amazing Grace

She looks like an angel with the moonlight on her face

When she smiles, it's Amazing Grace

And the church bells ring in the little bitty towns

And the people come from miles and miles around

Just to hear that old piano feed their faith

With the word of God and Amazing Grace

And the church bells ring in the little bitty towns

And the people come from miles and miles around

Just to hear that old piano feed their faith

With the Word of God and Amazing Grace

Out in West Texas it hardly ever rains

But when it does, it's Amazing Grace

Beautiful

So good

So pretty

Cheers friend

Cheers

Hear, hear

Key Grammar Structures

• Out in West Texas it hardly ever rains

  ➔ Frequency adverbs

  ➔ "hardly ever" is a frequency adverb phrase used to indicate something that rarely happens. It's placed before the main verb "rains".

• You can hear the cattle from a million miles away

  ➔ Hyperbole

  ➔ "a million miles away" is an example of hyperbole, an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect.

• To a cowboy's heart it's Amazing Grace

  ➔ Possessive nouns

  ➔ "cowboy's" is a possessive noun formed by adding an apostrophe + s to show that the heart belongs to the cowboy.

• And the church bells ring in the little bitty towns

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions

  ➔ "ring" is in the present simple tense, used to describe a regular, habitual action that happens repeatedly.

• And the people come from miles and miles around

  ➔ Prepositional phrases of distance

  ➔ "from miles and miles around" is a prepositional phrase indicating the distance people travel to attend church.

• Just to hear that old piano feed their faith

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ "to hear" is an infinitive of purpose, explaining why people come from miles around - their purpose is to hear the piano.

• Watching the sunset, drinking whiskey and lemonade

  ➔ Present participle phrases for simultaneous actions

  ➔ "Watching" and "drinking" are present participles used to describe actions happening at the same time.

• She looks like an angel with the moonlight on her face

  ➔ Simile

  ➔ "looks like an angel" is a simile, a figure of speech that directly compares two things using "like" or "as".

• When she smiles, it's Amazing Grace

  ➔ Conditional structure

  ➔ "When she smiles, it's Amazing Grace" uses a conditional structure where one action (smiling) leads to a particular result (grace).