Thirty thousand feet is a long way to think. Yet that is where Lainey Wilson plants the scene, high above the clouds, singing about a love left in a little border town. Fiddle bright, guitars steady, her band locks in while Stephen Colbert sets the stage. A live take of Somewhere Over Laredo on The Late Show.
She carries two feelings at once. Steady as a headliner, soft as a late call home. The verses circle a lost love, the chorus points down to earth, and a line lands like a pin drop, heaven is not up here, heaven is where you are. Colbert returns, grateful, and the room breathes out.
From “Somewhere Over Laredo” to late night… Lainey had us singin’ along from our living rooms!
The crowd answers fast. First clap, then a cheer, then phones up. One comment says it felt like riding the aisle of a late flight with the lights low. Another calls her tone butter and gravel. A favorite line keeps echoing, “heavens down there where you are,” and the band smiles like they know.
That stage glow lingers as the story turns the page. The same song takes a new shape, closer to the bone, no studio tricks, just players in a room. Where the show felt like a postcard from the sky, this next chapter feels like a letter written by hand, sealed with dust and daylight.
Lainey Wilson – Somewhere Over Laredo (Performance Video)
Here the camera leans in. You hear the hush of a studio space, then that line about a red eye flight out of Houston, heading west to California, yet thinking of a small town where the desert glows gold. The groove is relaxed, the delivery clean. Fans call it peaceful, honest, the kind you replay quietly.
Lainey Wilson keeps choosing heart first. She writes like the road and sings like the front porch. From late night spotlight to close room confession, her style carries grit, shine, and truth you can hold. Follow Lainey Wilson on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Next up, dive into her Whirlwind deluxe tracks and stay for the ride.