Let's Put a Fence Around Texas

(chorus)

let's put a fence around Texas and keep everybody else out

nobody outside of Texas knows what our great state's about

I've been sharing every damn thing all my life so far

so let's put a fence around Texas and we'll charge them by the car

I 'member when my daddy used to bounce me on his knee

He'd say "Son, they got to hand it to us, noone else's like me

we might not be as bright or cute or smart or fun to be around

and hey, when you think about it like that son....aw, just forget it".

(chorus)

"I've travelled 'round this whole big world, and every place I've been

I cannot find another spot where horses smell like men

the desert with the drillin' rigs, now boy ain't that a sight?

we're keepin' everybody down who couldn't be born white."

(chorus)

You can chug a beer in Texas while you drive your pickup home

wanna fire off some shots downtown?  Just go and git you some!

we haven't got it figured how to make this whole thing pay

so let's put a fence up, charge 'em tolls, thank you much now, have a nice day!

(chorus)

(spoken)

I can see you pounding fencepost, Tex, just think what you'll begin

whatever keeps the others out will keep those Texans in!

one day we'll lock the gate and then we'll throw away the key!

so let's put a fence around Texas!  Sounds pretty damn good to me!

(chorus)

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