Texas

by Bob Malone   Well it’s a thousand miles from Houston to El PasoAnd every town in-between, I’ve drifted through, or so it seemsAnd I still ain’t got a thing to showSo to the scrub and mesquite, I admit my defeat one last time‘Cause this ten-gallon dream has turned on meAnd I gotta get out from under this Texas sky CHORUS IHoney, I got to get back to youEven if I die trying toDon’t know what was on my mind when I left you behindBut I swear that my wanderin’ days are throughAnd it’s a hell of a long way from Nacogdoches to L.A.But I ain’t gonna let Texas stand in my way… Here in the heart of Tejas, the rest of the world is just a dreamNo matter where you wanna go, there’s two time-zonesAnd a whole lotta Lone Star in-betweenBut California’s callin’, and there’s a girl waitin’ there for meI’m in love and landlocked, and I ain’t gonna stop‘Till I stand where the land meets the sea CHORUS IIHoney, I got to get back to youEven if I die trying toI don’t belong in this place, and I’m gonna se