Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 


When the day is dawning 

on a Texas Sunday morning 

how I long to be there 

with Marie who's waiting for me there 

every lonely city 


ha ha ha ha ha 


where I hang my hat 


ha ha ha ha ha 


ain't as half as pretty as where my baby's at 


Is this the way to Amarillo 

every night I've been hugging my pillow 

dreaming dreams of Amarillo 

and sweet Marie who waits for me 

show me the way to Amarillo 

I've been weeping like a willow 

crying over Amarillo 

and sweet Marie who waits for me 


Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 

and Marie who waits for me 


There's a church bell ringing 

hear the song of joy that it's singing 

for the sweet Maria and the guy who's coming to see her 

just beyong the highway, there's an open plain 

and it keeps me going through the wind and rain 


Is this the way to Amarillo 

every night I've been hugging my pillow 

dreaming dreams of Amarillo 

and sweet Marie who waits for me 

show me the way to Amarillo 

I've been weeping like a willow 

crying over Amarillo 

and sweet Marie who waits for me 


Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 

Sha la la lala lalala 

and Marie who waits for me 


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