Texas Lullaby

[Verse 1]

Sittin' by myself in the summertime, when the heat is burnin' down

Watchin' the golden crops in the field just growin' without a sound

I was a boy raised in the country, it's still a part of me

You see no matter where I go it's a beautiful memory

Rise with sun at the break of day

Lookin' out my window, it's the same as yesterday

[Verse 2]

Sittin' under an old oak tree, pickin' my guitar in the shade

That old tree spreadin' over my head is the closest friend I made

Just me and some lonely wooden music, floatin' through the air

The grass is rustlin' and the birds are singin' and my heart don't have a care

Still another day finds me in the fields

Sweat is soakin' up my ragged clothes, but I'd rather work than steal

[Chorus]

Watchin' the sun settle down over open Texas land

Looking at the cattle and the horses runnin' wild as they can

Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done

When you were finished workin' in the fields, there was chores at home to be done

There was work at home to be done

Chores at home to be done

[Verse 3]

So I was always hearin' music, always wanna play me some

As a full-time friend or the way to ease the end of a woman that swayed me some

Hearin' those tunes always had a way of soothin' out my soul

When times got hard and work was slow, music kept me whole

Sun burnin' down through the trees

Gets so hot bring a workin' man to his knees

[Chorus]

Part of my heart, part of my soul, part of a melody

Hands are clappin' and people swayin' in simple harmony

Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done

When you're finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done

There was work at home to be done

There was chores at home to be done

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Late in the evenin' on the front porch, the sun is settin' in the west

Me and the boys pass around the bottle and sing what we like best

Sing about our wives, sing about our children, singin' out the Delta blues

We're simple folks and we like it that way, got nothin' left to lose

[Chorus]

Watchin' the sun settle down over open Texas land

Looking at the cattle and the silver horses runnin' wild as they can

Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done

When you were finished workin' in the fields, there was chores at home to be done

[Chorus]

Part of my heart, part of my soul, part of a melody

Hands are clappin' and people swayin' singin' in harmony

Life was different in the old days, you just get a day's work done

When you're finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done

There was work at home to be done

Singin' a lullaby