Heart of Texas

The heart of Texas is where I was born By twist of fate the Lone Star State's where I'm coming from God almighty's been good to me 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 Yeah, it's right there where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you ma'am 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 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 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" 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 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 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 Yeah it's right there where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you ma'am Where my songs are always playing And them good ol' Texas girls say, "Honey, now where ya been?" Yeah it's right back where where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you ma'am