Well, I met a girl from Texas 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 everything that I've got in my But if you ever try to 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 girls are from
I thought my situation, decided not to tarry For my own preservation, I decided we should marry When the preacher started reading 'bout death do us part I told him, "Skip it, she had that right from the start"
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 leave they'll take you out in 'Cause me and my razor see to that"
the way the girls are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) That's the way the girls are from (Got to 'em right or leave 'em alone) That's the way the are from Texas That's the way the girls are from
Well we settled down, got me a old job, '65 Fair lane Ford Every Friday I would stop in and cash my pay check at the grocery store They had a little girl in there, must have been about seventeen She was the thing I had ever seen
It's the same old and I'm afraid it wasn't too very long we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrong I said baby, we got to this thing right here 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 as these sad words she did say "You have told me you was married, baby" She pulled out a forty-five and let me it Right between the eyes
That's the way the girls are from the way the girls 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 girls are 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 are from 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