i have been a lot of places but no where else can compare they ain t got no texas women they ain t got no lone star beer i m as free as any man can be but i ain t goin nowhere just keepin it tween the lines in the land of barbecue and pecan pie give me rivers and dancehalls and open skies from the red to the rio grande new mexico to louisian just keepin it tween the lines sittin on the guadalupe summer breeze blowin in my hair think i ll float on down to gruene hall i know they got good music there ain t no good times you can t find livin in a lone star state of mind sleepin on the rio bravo campin under marfa lights got some friends up in san angelo they won t leave me lonely tonight if you don t think i ll stay here all my life you just count the days and nights