Well, I met a girl Texas 'bout a year ago Hadn't known her for too 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 you the clothes on my back You can have that I've got in my shack But if you try to leave they'll take you out in sack 'Cause me and my razor 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 should When the preacher started 'bout 'till death do us part I him, "Skip it, she had that understanding 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 they'll take you out in 'Cause me and my will see to that"
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) the way the girls are from Texas That's the way the are from Texas
Well we settled down, got me a old job, '65 Fair lane Ford Every Friday night I would in and cash my pay check Down at the store They had a little girl worked in there, must have been seventeen She was the cutest thing I had ever
It's the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't too long Before we had deeply 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 from ear to ear, that's
In tearful supplication, she looked up in my I could feel her heart was as these sad words she did say "You have told me you was married, baby" She out a forty-five and let me have it smack between the eyes
That's the way the are from Texas That's the way the girls are from
She was guilty, I was (That's the way the are from Texas) Now, what'd you think 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 girls are from (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the are from Texas (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone, boy) That's the way the girls are Texas That's the way the girls are from