Well, I met a from 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 hear her at my door
She said, "Baby, I'll you the clothes on my back You can have everything that I've got in my But if you try to leave they'll take you out in sack me and my razor will see to that"
That's the way the are from 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, decided not to For my own self preservation, I decided we marry When the preacher started reading 'bout 'till death do us I told him, "Skip it, she had that understanding right the start"
She said, "Baby, I'll you the clothes on my back You can have everything that got in my shack But if you ever try to leave take you out in sack me and my razor will see to that"
That's the way the are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are Texas (Got to love 'em or leave 'em alone) That's the way the girls are from That's the way the are from Texas
Well we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fair lane Every Friday night I would stop in and 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 afraid it too very long Before we had fallen in love and I knew it was wrong I said baby, we got to stop this thing right Or my woman is gonna cut my throat ear to ear, that's right
In tearful supplication, she up in my face I could feel her heart was breaking as sad words she did say "You have told me you was married, baby" She out a forty-five and let me have it Right smack between the
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, you think that the old judge said? (That's the way the girls are Texas) "Ah, that's just the way the girls are here in Texas dismissed!"
That's the way the are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are Texas (Got to love 'em or leave 'em alone, boy) That's the way the girls are from That's the way the are from Texas