Lyrics

Take It Back To Texas

We had a song ???..about love gone wrong
that should have stood a chance.
With just an old banjo?? we stole the show
at a whisky river dance.

Swapped the wife?s old car?. for a steel guitar
and a fiddle for the band.
Took the pick up truck ??a fifth of jack for luck
and headed for the promised land.

Got to Nashville town ?.and started shoppin? around
with our little country song.
It was a big surprise ?.when they rolled their eyes
and said cowboy's move along.

Take it back to Texas
that's what they said to me.
That backwoods song? about love gone wrong
is ancient history
so Take it back to Texas boy?s
Hey Don?t Mess With Tennessee.

Ain?t nothin? new ?.about the stuff you do
already heard that redneck noise.
It made an awful mess? down at the IRS
for old Willie and the boy?s.

He was out to lunch? with that Austin bunch
braggin? ?bout the rodeo.
And never did learn how ?to milk an old cash cow
like the boy?s on music row.

Son you ought to see?. the folks in Tennessee
don?t go to hoedowns anymore.
So take your steel guitar ?.to a lone star bar
where there?s sawdust on the floor.


Take it back to Texas
that's where you need to be.
That Texas smile ??..just ain?t our style
and it won?t play CMT
So take it back to Texas boy?s
Don?t Mess With Tennessee.

Yeah Take it back to Texas
play the honky tonks for free
Leave the diamond rings? and the limousines
for the next poor want-a-be
Take it back to Texas boy?s
Don?t Mess With Tennessee

Enjoy the neon lights and the bar room fights
and sing about your broken dreams
Take it back to Texas boy?s

fade
nhaa we ain?t got nothin? for you here
take it back to Texas boy?s.
Don?t mess with Tennessee.