Across the mountains in the summer time They roll straight out of the plains Took to livin in a northern town where nobody knows my name Sun is hotter
its been raining for 3 days but there aint a cloud in the sky ive been wandering through this haze since you said goodbye and i was standing on solid
Baby quit your dancing shoes The Strip is fun, but it aint home I think I know what you need A little less neon, a little more me to hold you close
I've known love like I may never know again She had long dark hair, coffee eyes and light brown skin Now I'm gone but I couldn't tell you why I left
Half a million dollars in hundred dollar bills Neatly bound together, straight out of the mill Hundred dollar bills In a burlap bag marked fresh pecans
That same moon that we watched so many nights Still hangs in the August sky My rear view mirror is still slanted to the side From when I could look in
I have been a lot of places But no where else can compare They ain't got no Texas women They ain't got no Lone Star Beer I'm as free as any man can be
A young girl with a bottle of wine Is no place for a heart like mine to call home A little wild when the sun ain't around She got no one to hold her
He's been workin' for two years down the street at HEB Just so he can pay his rent and take classes at ACC Now he ain't old but he's done more livin'
Hey Wade, ain't that a fine barbecue cooker? Hey Wade, ain't that a fine barbecue cooker? A quarter inch plate of blackened steel, that son of a gun
The stars up here don't burn as bright Nothin seems the same I wake up to the same old place It don't ever change I can see those night we used to watch
It's about time, I can't wait any longer Got a winter-long thirst for where the sun is stronger I got nothin' to do We'll talk about the days of old
I head out for old Mexico, because I ain't got no where else to go I'm beat up and broke down and tired of life, but I keep on ridin' in spite of my
Talk to me and tell me what you think of all these stars I know it's hard for you to find the time to come this far But I'm glad that you do and I'm