Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a 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 hear her at my door
She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my You can everything that I've got in my shack But if you ever try to they'll take you out in sack 'Cause me and my razor see to that"
the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the girls are from That's the way the girls are Texas That's the way the girls are 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 do us part I told him, "Skip it, she had that right from the start"
She said, "Baby, I'll give you the on my back You can have everything that I've got in my 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) That's the way the are from Texas (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone) the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas
we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fair lane Ford Every night I would stop 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 thing I had ever seen
It's the same old story and I'm it wasn't too very long Before we had fallen deeply in and I knew it was wrong I baby, we got to stop this thing right here Or my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, right
In supplication, she looked up in my face I could feel her heart was breaking as sad words she did say "You should have me you was married, baby" She pulled out a forty-five and let me it Right smack the eyes
the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the girls are from
She was guilty, I was (That's the way the girls are Texas) Now, what'd you think the old judge said? (That's the way the are from Texas) "Ah, just the way the girls are down here in Texas dismissed!"
That's the way the girls are from (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are from (Got to love 'em right or 'em alone, boy) That's the way the girls are Texas That's the way the girls are Texas