Well, I met a girl Texas 'bout a year ago Hadn't her for too long when I had to let her go You see, she had a razor, was ten or so And every night you'd her knocking at my door
She said, "Baby, give you the clothes on my back You can have everything I've got in my shack But if you ever try to leave they'll take you out in 'Cause me and my will see to that"
That's the way the girls are Texas the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas
I thought about my situation, not to tarry For my own self preservation, I we should marry When the preacher started reading 'bout 'till death do us I told him, "Skip it, she had understanding right from the start"
She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my You can have that I've got in my shack But if you ever try to leave take you out in sack 'Cause me and my razor see to that"
That's the way the girls are Texas (Houston to San Antone) the way the girls are from Texas (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone) That's the way the girls are Texas That's the way the girls are from
Well we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fair lane Every Friday night I would in and cash my pay check Down at the grocery They had a little girl worked in there, must been about seventeen She was the cutest I had ever seen
the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't too very long Before we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was I said baby, we got to stop this right here Or my woman is gonna cut my throat ear to ear, that's right
In tearful supplication, she looked up in my I could her heart was breaking as these sad words she did say "You should told me you was married, baby" She pulled out a forty-five and let me it Right smack the eyes
That's the way the girls are from That's the way the are from Texas
She was guilty, I was (That's the way the are from Texas) Now, what'd you think that the old judge (That's the way the girls are Texas) "Ah, that's just the way the girls are down in Texas dismissed!"
That's the way the are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the are from Texas (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone, boy) the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the girls are from