Hi, I'm just a prairie canary
with a heart that's warm as toast,
but somehow I don't want to marry.
Guess I love the range the most
T for Texas, that's the place for me
Flames a -rollin' far as the eye can see
And the wind'll comb my hair
So I haven't a single care
Tea for taxes, that's a place for me
Now, if you want to know all about my life
I'm descended from David Crockett
And I cut my teeth on a Bowie knife
With a .45 in my pocket Pow!
Yesterday, in a cafe, they said, Lady,
I said black -eyed peas and turnip greens
and hot cornbread, that's my dish.
T for Texas, that's the place for me.
Planes a -rollin' far as the eye can see.
I'm up at dawn, I got my stetson on,
and I'm a -ridin' the range all day.
And if I droop, I eat some cactus soup,
then I'm up and I'm on my way.
T for Texas, that's the place for me.
And I'm strong as a mule and still goin'
T for Texas, that's the place for me