I haven't lived in Texas for over 10 years, but some songs really take me right back home. This one by Chris Rea (an Englishman!) really captures the Texas in my mind- Warm winds blowing Heating blue sky And a road that goes forever Been thinking ’bout it lately Been watching some tv Been looking all around me At what has come to be Been talking to my neighbour And he agrees with me It’s all gone crazy Well my wife returns from taking My little girl to school She’s got beads of perspiration As she tries to keep her cool She says that mess it don’t get no better There’s gonna come a day Someone’s gonna get killed out there And I turn to her and say Texas She says what? I said Texas She says what? They’ve got big long road out there Warm winds blowing Heating blue sky And a road that goes forever I’m going to Texas We got to get out of here We got to get out of here Well I got a little brother Several meters high Yea his built just like a quarterback And he swears he’ll testify He says he’s been to Texas And that’s the only place to be Big stakes, big girls, no trouble there That’s the place for me I’m going to Texas I’m going to Texas Watch me walking Watch me walking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do other people have favorite songs about Texas?
Cooder Graw - Llano Estacado ummmm......well......seriously..... the SRV and Chris Rea songs really hit the point in modern (80's and later music)...but I also like Marty Robbins music, although it might not have specifically referenced Texas in most of his songs.
Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town 'bout that shack outside La Grange and you know what I'm talkin' about. Just let me know if you wanna go to that home out on the range. They gotta lotta nice girls ah. Have mercy. A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw. A haw, haw, haw. Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time and the ten to get yourself in. A hmm, hmm. And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night, but now I might be mistaken. hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. Have mercy.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-11-28/music_string6.html 10 Twisted Texas Songs BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY Texas songs aren't all bluebonnets, yellow roses, and floods. Recent contributions to the canon suggest the Lone Star State is especially adept at bringing out the macabre in natives and non-natives alike. 1) Toadies, "Tyler" Tarrant County terrors describe an imminent rape with skin-crawling detail and head-splitting volume. (Rubberneck, 1995) 2) Jon Wayne, "Texas Funeral" Feedback-drenched slice of Western noir from the album CMJ called "a stupid, hilarious, and twisted classic." (Texas Funeral, 1985) 3) Scarface, "Southside: Houston, Texas" The most talented member of horror-rap groundbreakers the Geto Boys weighs in on his hometown. (My Homies, 1998) 4) The Reverend Horton Heat, "Livin' on the Edge (of Houston)" Manic psychobilly rave-up about a "tortured artistic soul" and smack addict whose "daddy always pays your bail." (The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds, 1993) 5) Molly Hatchet, "T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)" Jimmie Rodgers' already ribald tune gets a hard 'n' heavy makeover from the post-Skynyrd Southern rock standard-bearers. (Live at the Agora Ballroom Atlanta, Georgia, 2000) 6) Butthole Surfers, "Dracula From Houston" A track from the beloved Austin freaks' most recent disc suggests they've mellowed with age, but not much. (Weird Revolution, 2001) 7) Big Black, "Texas" Seminal Chicago noise-punks' virulent ode to the Lone Star State says it all: "This is Texas, this is badass." (The Hammer Party, 1986) 8) Boss Hog, "Texas" Cello-heavy waltz from post-p***y Galore NYC R&B/punk artistes. (Boss Hog, 1995)
Austin Lounge Lizards - Stupid Texas Song Texas is a big state north and south and east and west Alaska doesn't really count we're bigger than the rest you can walk across the roads so grab your yellow rose sing another song of texas this is how it goes one more stupid song about texas for miles and miles it rambles on biggest egos biggest hair biggest liars anywhere let's sing another stupid texas song by god we're so darn proud to be from texas even of our pride we're proud we're proud of that pride too our pride about our home state is the proudest pride indeed we're proud to be american until we can suceed one more stupid song about texas you've heard it all before so sing along biggest belt buckles and boasts love that big old texas toast let's sing another stupid texas song our accents are the drawliest our howdys are the yalliest our lone star flag's the waviest our fried steaks the cream graviest our rattle snakes are coiliest our beaches are the oilest our politicians most corrupt our stop signs most aburpt our guitars are the twangiest our guns are the kablangiest our cattle the longhorniest our yodels the uproariest our cookoffs are the chiliest our wailin is williest our sausage is the smokiest our neighbors are the okiest texarkana to el paso dallas down to orange every spot in texas has got what you're lookin for aren't you glad that texas put the stars up in the sky if heaven isn't texas partner i don't wanna die one more stupid song about texas just cause we're braggin it don't mean its wrong biggest heads and biggest hearts biggest various body parts sing another stupid texas song toss your hats into the air we're obnoxious we don't care lets sing another stupid texas song
All my ex's live in Texas (that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee) -- by someone I can't think of If heaven ain't a lot like Texas (I don't wanna go) - Hank Williams Jr.
Umm, that would be George Strait, quite often the soundtrack to every beer-drinking barbeque I've ever had in my life.
Charlie Daniels - Texas There's a place not too far away from here Out with the cows and the Lonestar Beer Where the livin' and lovin' is quite alright with me Well they call it Texas it's a might fine place to be It runs from Texarkana to El Paso Oklahoma down to old Mexico And there's Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antone People in Texas sure do make you feel at home They just want everybody to leave them alone While they drink their whiskey and roll their own And they like their music with a little bit of Southern Sound Kick up their heels every evening when the sun goes down You can call it country and they don't care And if you don't like the way they wear their hair You can take your lights and shove 'em on up the line People in Texas don't care if the sun don't shine
London Homesick Blues performed by Gary P. Nunn When you're down on your luck and you ain't got a buck in London you're a goner... ... I wanna go home to the Armadillo good country music from Amarillo to Abilene the friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen....
Screw You, We're from Texas by Ray Wylie Hubbard I got on my cowboy boots, jeans And Hawaiian shirt, mirrored sunglasses And a mobile phone I guess I look like some Port Aransas Dope dealer that's out on bail Just trying to get home Well I ain't in jail and I got a guitar, Got a little band that's hotter than a rocket Sometimes we're sloppy, We're always loud, tonight we're just ornery And locked in the pocket So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas We're from Texas baby, so screw you! Now I love the USA And the other states they're OK Texas is the place I wanna be and I don't care if I ever go to Delaware anyway Cause we got Stubbs, Gruene Hall and Antone's, and John T's Country Store We've got Willie and Jacky Jack, Robert Earl, Pat, Cory, Charlie and me And so many more. So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas We're from Texas, so screw you! Now Texas has gotten a bad reputation, Cause of what happened in Dallas and Waco Our corporations well they are corrupt And our politicians are swindlers and loco But when it comes to music my friend, These words are as true as St. John the Revelator Our Mr. Vaughan was the best there ever was And no band was cooler than The 13th Floor Elevators. So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas So screw you, we're from Texas We're from Texas, so screw you!
