Heart of Texas Lyrics

performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.
Verse 1:
The heart of Texas is where i was born
By twist of fate the lonestar state's where i'm coming from
God almighty's been good to me
Verse 2:
Where i grow'd up learning about the Alamo
With a swelling pride down deep inside me saying go man go
You can be all you want to be
Chorus:
Yeah it's right there where the best is
Smack dab in the heart of Texas,thank you Mam
Verse 3:
Papa run off before i was born
Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun
We grew up in the cotton fields
Verse 4:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
So i learned how to work and i learned how to fight
I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by
God gave me a way to go
Verse 5:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
When my sweetheart listened to the songs i played
She said i love you honey,but there ain't much money in a serenade
I need a man with a real job
Bridge:(Waylon,Billy Joe)
Now she's back there where i left her
God knows i still think about her now and then
But she knows these clothes i'm wearin'
Is the kind that shirt tails always flappin' in the wind
Verse 6:
I made my music from coast to coast
Been over the water,couldn't get no hotter then i dang near froze
Remember the Alamo
Verse 7:
The road was long but the heart is strong
I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home
Texas is home sweet home
Chorus.(Waylon)
Bridge2:(Billy Joe,Waylon)
Where my songs are always playing
And them good ol' Texas gals say honey "now where ya been?"
Chorus.
Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr
http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html