Texas

When I first came to the Lone Star State

I must have stuck out like a sore thumb

But the people here were nice and friendly

And never treated me like another bum

Jimmie Rodgers found out first-hand

The generosity I felt from the start

And though I’m not from here

Texas has always been in my heart

It’s like another country

It would take a lifetime to see it all

Like the popular saying goes

You couldn’t describe much here as “small”

I mean to say it’s big

But their kindness is off the charts

And though I’m not from here

Texas has always been in my heart

You can almost hear the Comanche drums

On the wind across the plain

And as for music, everyone knows

Bob Wills is still the king

They like their fiddles high and lonesome

And their rhythms and summers hot

And though I’m not from here

Texas has always been in my heart

Deep in the heart of Texas

Is a river called Guadalupe

And like that river, my heart

Flows in that sacred stoop

A land where even a stranger

Is treated with warm regards

Because although I’m not from here

Texas will remain in my heart