You Can't Take the Texas Out of Me

You can deck me out in diamonds

You can teach me city ways

You can drive in your new Mercedes Benz

But it's your sweet time you're wasting

When you drag me out to Chastins

And expect me to dazzle all your smooth high rolling friends

'Cause I cut my teeth on good ol' Western Swing

I love a sentimental melody

Come on and rosin up the strings

Honey, let those fiddles sing

'Cause you can't take the Texas out of me

No, you can't take the Texas out of me, oh no

I'm as crazy as a calf on jimsonweed

I can feel that prairie moon from this New York hotel room

And you can't take the Texas out of me

So your friends sip soda water with a little twist of lime

Me, I got to have Jack Daniels straight

Well, I know I don't belong here

No one plays my kind of song here

And I sure do miss that good old Lone Star State

'Cause I cut my teeth on gopd ol' Western Swing

I love a sentimental melody

Come on and rosin up the strings

Honey, let those fiddles sing

'Cause you can't take the Texas out of me

No, you can't take the Texas out of me, Lord, Lord

I'm as crazy as a calf on jimsonweed

Well, I can feel that prairie moon from this New York hotel room

And you can't take the Texas out of me

You can't the Texas out of me