well there s a special place in my memory where i keep the pictures of a time an place i left far behind an i know the years have probably colored the way it really was back then but still i like to take the memories out an look at em from time to time there s a full moon t night on the prarie a memory just rode into view a boy a buckskin an an ole spangler dawg in the hills where the blue bonnets grew well i was deep in the heart of texas just a kid bout 13 at the time runnin wild through the mesquite the cedars and cactus it s been years but your still on my mind no matter where i might wander there s a memeory that i ll never lose the lonestar shines bright in my heart tonight i ve got the blue bonnet blues well i remember those warm summer evenin s playin out under the stars back then i never dreamed we d be leavin but i guess things just don t stay as they are well the years and the miles came between us but t night as i m dreamin of you once again i m a kid in the sweet arms of texas and i ve got the blue bonnet blues no matter where i might wander there s a memory that i ll never lose cause the lonestar shines bright in my heart t night i ve got the blue bonnet blues the lonestar shines bright in my heart t night i ve got the blue bonnet blues 