Texas

Verse 1

I was born where the blacktop melts in June Where the sky goes on forever past the moon Where the cattle know the weather 'fore the news And your neighbor's still your neighbor, win or lose Grew up dusty, grew up free, grew up loud With a Lone Star on my chest and my head up in the clouds

Pre-Chorus

People ask me why I stayed, why I never ran I just smile and point my boots into the sand

Chorus

Texas, Texas, you're in my blood like red dirt rain Texas, Texas, you're the cure and you're the pain From the Hill Country to the Gulf, from the plains up to the pines You raised me rough and loved me right, you're mine Texas, other places call my name But I keep comin' back like a moth to your flame You're bigger than a state, you're a state of mind Texas, you're the only home I'll find

Verse 2

Friday night lights painted everything in gold First heartbreak at the Dairy Queen, fourteen years old Drove my daddy's truck through fields of bluebonnet seas Learned to pray from thunder and to dream from the breeze I've been to both the coasts and seen the mountain snow But somethin' 'bout this flat land won't let my spirit go

Chorus

Texas, Texas, you're in my blood like red dirt rain Texas, Texas, you're the cure and you're the pain From the Hill Country to the Gulf, from the plains up to the pines You raised me rough and loved me right, you're mine Texas, other places call my name But I keep comin' back like a moth to your flame You're bigger than a state, you're a state of mind Texas, you're the only home I'll find

Verse 3

So bury me where the pecan trees grow tall Where the sunset takes its sweet time come the fall I'll take my Texas with me to the grave Cause the land that made me wild is the land that made me brave

Bridge

Every scar I got I got beneath your sun Every prayer I prayed your wind carried to someone You taught me that big hearts match a big ol' sky And Texas, I'll be yours until the day I die