well i had a buddy back in 81 and we made ourselves a pact we were headin for the new pipeline we were never comin back well we worked 80 hours making time and a half but la grange was too damn hot we drove back home at the end of that week and we spent it all on pot chorus so i ll see you in houston if i ever get out that way i ll see you in dallas but i won t have long to stay if ur ever out west son and ur feeling like slowing down i ll see you around around my hometown well i played ball every single fall i could run just like the wind went to college like they asked me too but they didn t ask my friends don t think i seen a single classroom but i drank a lot of beer my buddies still love to listen to me when i talk about that year chorus now i got myself a little band and we re pretty good i guess but i never learned how to wear my hair and i never learned how to dress so i m leaving for the last time honey i m never more wrong gonna pack my bags a little heavy this time gonna head my ass back home so i ll see you in nashville if i ever get out that way i ll see you in austin but i won t have long to stay if ur ever out west son and youre feeling like slowin down i ll see you around around my hometown i ll see you around around my hometown