(James Lewis/Jimmy Holiday/Cliff Chambers) 



Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a year ago 

Hadn't known her for too long when I had to let her go 

You see, she had a razor, was ten inches or so 

And every night you'd hear her knocking at my door 

She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back 

You can have everything that I've got in my shack 

But if you ever try to leave they'll take your out in sack 

'Cause me and my razor will see to that" 



That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas 



I thought about my situation, decided not to tarry 

For my own self preservation I decided we should marry 

When the preacher started reading 'bout 'till death do us part 

I told him, "Skip it, we had that understanding right from the start" 



That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) 

That's the way the girls are from Texas (Got to love 'em right or leave 'em 

alone) 



Well, we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fairlane Ford 

Every Friday night I would stop in and cash my pay check down at the grocery 

store 

They had a little girl worked in there, must have been about seventeen 

She was the cutest thing I had ever seen 

It's the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't too very long 

Before we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrong 

I said baby, we got to stop this thing right here 

Or my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, that's right 

In tearful supplication, she looked up in my face 

I could feel her heart was breaking as these sad words she did say 

"You should have told me you was married, baby 

She pulled out a forty-five and let me have it, right smack between the eyes 



That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas 



She was guilty, I was dead 

Now, what'd you think that the old judge said ? 

"Ah, that's just the way the girls are down here in Texas 

Case dismissed!" 



That's the way the girls are from Texas 

That's the way the girls are from Texas (Houston to San Antone) 

That's the way the girls are from Texas (Got to love 'em right or leave 'em 

alone, boy)