(Lyle Lovett, Willis Alan Ramsey, and Alison Rogers)
|
You say you're not from Texas
|
Man as if I couldn't tell
|
You think you pull your boots on right
|
And wear your hat so well
|
|
So pardon me my laughter
|
'Cause I sure do understand
|
Even Moses got excited
|
When he saw the promised land
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
See I was born and raised in Texas
|
And it means so much to me
|
Though my girl comes from down in Georgia
|
We were up in Tennessee
|
|
And as we were driving down the highway
|
She asked me baby what's so great
|
How come you're always going on
|
About your Lone Star State
|
|
I said that's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
Oh the road it looked so lovely
|
As she stood there on the side
|
And she grew smaller in my mirror
|
As I watched her wave goodbye
|
|
Those boys from Carolina
|
They sure enough could sing
|
But when they came on down to Texas
|
We all showed them how to swing
|
|
Now David's on the radio
|
And old Champ's still on the guitar
|
And Uncle Walt he's home with Heidi
|
Hiding in her loving arms
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
They're OK in Oklahoma
|
Up in Arkansas they're fair
|
But those old folks in Missouri
|
They don't even know you're there
|
|
But at a dance hall down in Texas
|
That's the finest place to be
|
The women they all look beautiful
|
And their men will buy your beer for free
|
|
And they'll say that's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
So won't you let me help you Mister
|
Just pull your hat down the way I do
|
And buy your pants just a little longer
|
And next time somebody laughs at you
|
|
You just tell 'em you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
That's right you're not from Texas
|
But Texas wants you anyway
|
|
-----------------
|
That's Right (You're Not From Texas)
|
| Lyle Lovett |
