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 you'd hear her knocking at my door
She said, "Baby, I'll give you the on my back You can have that I've got in my shack But if you ever try to they'll take you out in sack me and my razor will see to that"
That's the way the girls are Texas That's the way the girls are from That's the way the girls are from That's the way the girls are Texas
I thought about my situation, decided not to For my own self preservation, I decided we marry When the preacher started 'bout 'till death do us part I told him, "Skip it, she had that understanding right the start"
She said, "Baby, I'll give you the 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 are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) the way the girls are from Texas (Got to love 'em right or '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 lane Ford Friday night I would stop in and cash my pay check Down at the store They had a girl worked in there, must have been about seventeen She was the thing I had ever seen
It's the same old story and I'm it wasn't too very long we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrong I said baby, we got to stop this thing here Or my is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, that's right
In tearful supplication, she looked up in my I could feel her heart was as these sad words she did say "You should have me you was married, baby" She pulled out a forty-five and let me it Right between the eyes
the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas
She was guilty, I was (That's the way the girls are Texas) Now, what'd you that the old judge said? (That's the way the are from Texas) "Ah, that's just the way the girls are down here in dismissed!"
That's the way the girls are Texas (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are from (Got to love 'em or leave 'em alone, boy) That's the way the are from Texas That's the way the girls are Texas