Ry Cooder - The Girls From Texas Lyrics
(james lewis/jimmy holiday/cliff chambers)Well, I met a girl from texas bout a year agoHadnt known her for too long when I had to let her goYou see, she had a razor, was ten inches or soAnd every night youd hear her knocking at my doorShe said, baby, Ill give you the clothes on my backYou can have everything that Ive got in my shackBut if you ever try to leave theyll take your out in sackcause me and my razor will see to thatThats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texasI thought about my situation, decided not to tarryFor my own self preservation I decided we should marryWhen the preacher started reading bout till death do us partI told him, skip it, we had that understanding right from the startThats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texas (houston to san antone)Thats the way the girls are from texas (got to love em right or leave em alone)Well, we settled down, got me a little old job, 65 fairlane fordEvery friday night I would stop in and cash my pay check down at the grocery storeThey had a little girl worked in there, must have been about seventeenShe was the cutest thing I had ever seenIts the same old story and Im afraid it wasnt too very longBefore we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrongI said baby, we got to stop this thing right hereOr my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, thats rightTearful suffocation, she looked up in my faceI could feel her heart was breaking as these sad words she did sayYou should have told me you was married, babyShe pulled out a forty-five and let me have it, right smack between the eyesThats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texasShe was guilty, I was deadNow, whatd you think that the old judge said ?Ah, thats just the way the girls are down here in texasCase dismissed!Thats the way the girls are from texasThats the way the girls are from texas (houston to san antone)Thats the way the girls are from texas (got to love em right or leave em alone, boy)
