the panhandle dust is blowin hard tonight i can t even see across the road i m thankful for the wind it s a blessing in desskies it keeps me from seein the lights of amarillo well i can t really blame her for leavin me here i couldn t leave papa all alone she wanted those kinda things that i could never give her she went to find them in the lights of amarillo the lights of amarillo shines so bright across the plains they became her guiding light i can see them in the distance on a clear panhandle night she s out there somewhere in the lights of amarillo well each night i m so warn out from workin all day long hoein those endless cotton rows bout the time i m layin down her dancin shoes are going on going out with some cowboy in the lights of amarillo the lights of amarillo shines so bright across the plains they became her guiding light i can see them in the distance on a clear panhandle night she s out there somewhere in the lights of amarillo she s out there somewhere in the lights of amarillo