Well, I met a girl Texas 'bout a year ago known her for too long when I had to let her go You see, she had a razor, was ten or so And night you'd hear her knocking at my door
She said, "Baby, give you the clothes on my back 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"
the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the girls are from the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the girls are from
I thought about my situation, not to tarry For my own self preservation, I decided we should When the preacher started reading 'bout death do us part I told him, "Skip it, she had that understanding from 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 you out in sack 'Cause me and my razor 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 are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas
Well we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fair lane Friday 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 cutest thing I had seen
the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't 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 looked up in my I could feel her heart was breaking as these sad she did say "You should told me you was married, baby" She pulled out a and let me have it smack between the eyes
That's the way the girls are from That's the way the girls are from
She was guilty, I was (That's the way the are from Texas) Now, you think 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 from (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are from (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone, boy) the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas