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The heart of Texas is where i was born |
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By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm coming from God almighty's been good to me |
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Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo |
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With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go |
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You can be all you want to be |
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Yeah it's right there where the best is |
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Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam |
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Papa run off before i was born |
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Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun |
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We grew up in the cotton fields |
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Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe) |
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So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight |
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I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by |
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God gave me a way to go |
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Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe) |
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When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played |
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She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a serenade |
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I need a man with a real job |
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Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe) |
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Now she's back there where i left her |
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God knows i still think about her now and then |
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But she knows these clothes i'm wearin' |
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Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind |
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I made my music from coast to coast |
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Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i dang near froze |
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Remember the Alamo |
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Verse 7: |
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The road was long but the heart is strong |
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I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home |
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Texas is home sweet home |
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Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon) |
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Where my songs are always playing |
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And them good ol' Texas gals say honey "now where ya been?" |
