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Texas

from Texas by Fred Smith

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1. I was in Oklahoma city at the setting of the sun
In a bar full of self pity I had nothing going on
I started to write this song about Texas I could not believe its true
There was a woman there beside me writing a song about Texas too, she said:

Chorus 1: Do it for the money and it just wont work.
Do it for me honey and you wont get hurt
Let’s go make a living singing lullabies
Underneath the Texas skies

2. She said “let’s hit the road together”, I said I thought that sounded nice
You know I ‘m the kind of fellow like to make the same mistakes twice
So we gassed up my old pickup and we set off heading south
With a buckwheat cake upon her know and a banjo in my mouth singing:

Chorus 2:

3. In a hotel room in Dallas I could not believe my eyes
Lord she had a map of Texas tattooed in between her thighs
With El Paso and Texarkana on each corner of the map
When I got to Corpus Christi well there was no turning back

CHORUS 3

4. That November and December we did 47 shows
From the Oklahoma border to the Gulf of Mexico
We sold half a million records we made 7 million bucks
In a state as big as Texas hell you never know your luck

CHORUS 4

5. Well we busted up in Houston you will not believe your ears
She was playing there beside me after 27 beers
She sang “Life’s finer with a Shiner” in a voice like Mama Cass
I said “Madam you’re a drunkard” she said “Sonny kiss my ass!”

Chorus 5
Instrumental (similar to verse):

6. Well she got herself a lawyer and he got her all that wealth
Now I’m back in Oklahoma feeling sorry for myself
Got me wondering and a thinking how a good thing can go wrong
Guess there’s nothing left to do but to finish off this song singing:

Chorus 6

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from Texas, released August 31, 2020

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Fred Smith Canberra, Australia

“Fred Smith is simply the best folk/country musician working in this country in 2020. Beyond writing some of the finest songs about Australians at war, he has created a repertoire that is wry, literate, witty, powerfully emotional and insightful.”(Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald). ... more

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