Aaron Watson

Well I was thumbing through the channels
And I saw a sight to see
A so-called country singer, there singing on MTV
And I began to think - had she ever heard a thing
Had she ever been to Texas where Bob Wills is still the king
Ah - ha

From the Houston rodeo to any old dancehall
Of cowgirls and cowboys know how to have a ball
And every night they'll tip a toast to the Lone Star state
Where the women are so fine and the music is so great
Cause I wanna two-step to a real dancehall swinger
I don't wanna see no wanna-be country western singer
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

Aw yeah...

All together now....

It's a Texas thing, Y'all
So if you don't understand just drop what you're doing


Drive here as quick as you can
I'd even stop in Oklahoma if it was up to me
Cause when it comes to country, there ain't none like
I wanna two-step to a real dancehall swinger
I don't wanna see no wanna-be country western singer
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

That hip-hoppin' rappin' boy band crap is for the squirrels in San Francisco
And Nashville is making music that sounds like a dadgum disco
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it
Yes, I said don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it
That's right...

We both work hard for money already spent
Blaming each other for where it all went
Never thinking of love only paying the loans
Griping bout' bills and keeping up with the Jones
Just once let's forget about making ends meet
Or whose got the nicest yard on the street
Darlin' let loose, let your hair down
We're staying at home for a night on the town

[Chorus]
So turn the music up, and dim the lights down
Let those old records keep spinning around
Replace all our worries with some romance
Tell me you love me then we'll shut up and dance

When you're in my arms it makes me feel
Like I own a mansion on top of the hil
But it's not how big's the house it's how happy's the home
How poor is a rich man who lives all alone

[Chorus: x2]

Well my truck's wound up and it's ready to roll
I got a good buddy workin' for the Highway Patrol
So if I get a ticket or two, It's gonna be alright
But the sheriff and his boys they're in Estilline
Unless they're out to lunch at the Dairy Queen
They'll be itchin' to turn on those red, white, and blue
Lights

Well just like my daddy I was born a drifter
I got a rebel heart and eight - ball shifter
Horns on the hood and forty channel CB

Well some things you never leave home without
Like your Bible, log book, and your drivin' route
And your Best Of Dale Watson on CD

[Chorus:]
Cause I'm a diesel drivin' daddy
Don't you get in my lane
Puttin' the pedal to the medal
Bringin' eighteen wheels of pain
I've been in love
Broke some hearts
Settled down long enough to replace the parts
Kicked a little
Asphalt along the way

There's a lonely life livin' on the road
When the only friend you've got is the radio
And even he fades in and out every now and then
But maybe someday you'll find the right one
That'll shift the gears and let ya ride shotgun
Knows how to get that big ole rig to spin

[Chorus]

I'm a panhandlin' manhandlin'
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' daddy
I ain't got no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes
Of hard Amarillo highway

[Chorus]

Up and down that honky tonkin' highway

I still think about us
In the rush that we felt
With the rag top down and the radio blasting
You were riding shot gun
In nothing but a bikini and a seat belt
Looking better than the law should have been allowing

(chorus)
We hit the corners going 90
Lovin' blindly fallin'
Head over heels over you
Every feeling that we felt
Was a feeling that felt brand new
And you looked just like an angel
With that cross on your necklace
You were young, i was wild, we were reckless

We'd drive on down to the river
Burnin' up those hot summer nights
Laughin' at the cowboys getting crazy
Pickin' fights
It wasn't funny
When that deputy, caught you and me
Steaming up those windows
And how your daddy never found out about it
Honey, heaven only knows

Chorus

I looked into your eyes and I
Promised you forever
I believed it with all my heart
I just didn't know any better
Gettin' over you took years
Aww despite those tears I cried
I'd do it all over again
All for the thrill of the ride

Chorus

Young, wild, and reckless

I got a letter from your lawyer you got one from mine.
They both say it's gonna be fine, once we sign that dotted line.
Well I guess we'll get our freedom, and a so called fresh new start,
when you take half of everything you'll be takin' half my heart.
Our love got lost somewhere in lifes compligations, told between to lies
and their legal inigation.

Off the record something I need to say to you, this aint easy but it's what my heart has to do. Cause I cant let you go until i let you know, off the record im stilll in love with you.

I took down our wedding picture from above the fireplace,
and I stood there awile staring at your pretty face.
How we lost our love, diffrences and cares are off.
But if push comes to shove thank God no children are involved.
I can still see you thrown your rose boqute, never thought i'd see the day we throw it all away.

Off the record something I need to say to you, this aint easy but its what my heart has to do. Cause I cant let you go until I let you know off the record im still in love with you.

I've done all I can do all I can do is pray, and ask the Good Lord to let me hear you say,
Off the record something I need to say to you this aint easy, but it's what my heart has to do Cause I cant let you go until I let you know off the record im still in love with you.
Girl off the record im still in love with you.

(Duet w/ Willie Nelson)

He's wrinkled and gray but he's still got the fire
And he sings on the stage like a bird on a wire
He'll pack 'em in just like he always did
Everybody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

He got his first guitar when he was fifteen
Thirstin' for knowledge, all hungry and green
Strummin' that six string just like Lefty did
Everybody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

(Chorus)
Well the Honky Tonk Kid loves a honky tonk crowd
He picks them up when this world gets them down
All the smoke and the neon keep his pain here
Nobody knows The Honky Tonk Kid



Ten million fans and a hand full of friends
He'll go home alone when each night ends
He'll think about her and he'll twist off the lid
Cause nobody loves The Honky Tonk Kid

Chorus (x2)

It won't be long the lord will take him away
He'd sung his last song, they'll place a reef on his grave
But he'll draw a crowd just like he always did
One last goodbye for The Honky Tonk Kid

Well I was thumbing through the channels
And I saw a sight to see
A so-called country singer, there singing on MTV
And I began to think - had she ever heard a thing
Had she ever been to Texas where Bob Wills is still the king
Ah - ha

From the Houston rodeo to any old dancehall
Of cowgirls and cowboys know how to have a ball
And every night they'll tip a toast to the Lone Star state
Where the women are so fine and the music is so great
Cause I wanna two-step to a real dancehall swinger
I don't wanna see no wanna-be country western singer
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

Aw yeah...

All together now....

It's a Texas thing, Y'all
So if you don't understand just drop what you're doing


Drive here as quick as you can
I'd even stop in Oklahoma if it was up to me
Cause when it comes to country, there ain't none like
I wanna two-step to a real dancehall swinger
I don't wanna see no wanna-be country western singer
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

That hip-hoppin' rappin' boy band crap is for the squirrels in San Francisco
And Nashville is making music that sounds like a dadgum disco
Don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it
Yes, I said don't call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it
That's right...

Here we go....

You're too hard to handle
Scandal after scandal
You must think I'm naive
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave

It's wild alibis and those outrageous lies
You expect me to believe
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave

Well, I've thought about it and I've made up my mind
It's time we call it quits
You know you may be fun for Saturday night
But the rest of the week is the pits

Measure what we have between the good and the bad
And there's just too much uncertainty
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave

Because you placed the blame on the pink champagne
For dancin' naked on New Year's Eve
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave

I'll buy a one-way ticket to destination - you pick it
Anywhere from Tulsa to Tel Aviv
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave

Well, I've thought about it and I've made up my mind
It's time we call it quits
You know you may be fun for Saturday night
But the rest of the week is the pits

Anytime you're nice, I can't help but think twice
There's always something up your sleeve
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave
I don't want you to go
But I need you to leave
Aw yeah....

G C

He starts to think when she winks that he's somewhere he shouldn't be

G D

He may be alone but at home someone's wearing his ring

G C

So he heads for the door and ignores the devil on his shoulder

D G

He'll do the right thing but someone's gonna break down and hold her

Chorus:

D C G

And there's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

D C G

In a room full of lies where love is stolen or put up for sale

D C G

If the walls could talk you know they'd have some stories to tell

D C G

There's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

G C

Once again another man walks in and orders him drinks for two

G D

Despite his wife and picture perfect life he's to good to be true

G C

While he's flirting she'd swear he's working on a job out of town

D G

A married man, you know he's got no business messing around



Chorus:

D C G

And there's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

D C G

In a room full of lies where love is stolen or put up for sale

D C G

If the walls could talk you know they'd have some stories to tell

D C G

There's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

G C

It's a five star chain or a run down dirt cheap no name

D G

With or without room service what done is the same

Chorus:

D C G

And there's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

D C G

In a room full of lies where love is stolen or put up for sale

D C G

If the walls could talk you know they'd have some stories to tell

D C G

There's a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

Like a killer at large
You strolled down Bourbon Street
Lookin' for an easy mark
With every man you meet
And I never saw the devil
Behind your rain blue eyes
Spellbound by your long legs and your little white lies

Oh, heaven help the heart that falls head over heels
Cause you'll tear it all apart just to see how it feels
How can you be so hot and so cold-blooded too
Oh, heaven help the heart that falls in love with you

You're no Adalida, no pretty Cajun queen
Just a bad girl from Biloxi, more addicting than morphine
And when your love wears off
There's nothin' left but pain
And enough teardrops fall to flood Lake Ponchatrain

Oh, heaven help the heart that falls head over heels
Cause you'll tear it all apart just to see how it feels
How can you be so hot and so cold-blooded too


Oh, heaven help the heart that falls in love with you

I can see you smilin' in some Creole cafe
Slippin' your love potion in someone's ettouffe

Oh, heaven help the heart that falls head over heels
Cause you'll tear it all apart just to see how it feels
How can you be so hot and so cold-blooded too
Oh, heaven help the heart that falls in love with you

Oh, heaven help the heart that falls head over heels
Cause you'll tear it all apart just to see how it feels
How can you be so hot and so cold-blooded too
Oh, heaven help the heart that falls in love with you
Oh, heaven help the heart that falls in love with you

Ahh let's go honky tonkin'
Let's go honky tonkin'
Have a honky tonkin' good time with us
Ahh let's go honky tonkin'
Let's go honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin' round Texas


Well I'll put some diesel in the tank
Give that old Detroit a crank
We'll sit back and let that silver eagle fly
Well up and down that Lonestar State
Let's have a honky tonkin' tail gate
And don't forget to kiss your baby good bye


(Chorus)


Stick out a thumb and bum a ride
Hitch-hike across the country side
Come see why they call this place God's country
Well criss-cross in the Colorado
From Amarillo to Zapata
Every town along the way from A to Z


(Chorus)


Well my mom called me up
And she gave me my last warning
Said there'll be hell to pay
If I miss church this Sunday morning

We both work hard for money already spent
Blaming each other for where it all went
Never thinking of love only paying the loans
Griping bout' bills and keeping up with the Jones
Just once let's forget about making ends meet
Or whose got the nicest yard on the street
Darlin' let loose, let your hair down
We're staying at home for a night on the town

[Chorus]
So turn the music up, and dim the lights down
Let those old records keep spinning around
Replace all our worries with some romance
Tell me you love me then we'll shut up and dance

When you're in my arms it makes me feel
Like I own a mansion on top of the hil
But it's not how big's the house it's how happy's the home
How poor is a rich man who lives all alone

[Chorus: x2]

With the world in the palm of his hands
Slipping through his fingers just like grains of sand
He don't know his hourglass is losing time
Till she run out of patience and leaves him far behind

Chorus:
Some lovers gotta learn love the hard way
Before they understand the way they feel
Some lovers are slower than others
Some will come around and some never will

If only she had a dime every time he's done her wrong
Or for every one wondering why she's still holding on
She could buy that rodeo and shut it down
Along with every honky tonkin' bar in town

Chorus:
Some lovers gotta learn love the hard way


Before they understand the way they feel
Some lovers are slower than others
Some will come around and some never will

It may be his fault but she's still one to blame
For taking him back and playing his foolish games

Chorus:
Some lovers gotta learn love the hard way
Before they understand the way they feel
Some lovers are slower than others
Some will come around and some never will

He calls from a hotel in downtown Dallas
Says he won't be home for three more days
She gets so lonely in her Houston hill top palace
Talking to her self as their two-year-old plays
She rocks the baby to sleep then gets in bed
Reads romance novels of a love she once had
She closes her eyes and dreams about the man
Who gave her more than money and a call now and then

Chorus:
As the shine on her diamond starts to fade
She recalls the promises they made
But a bond can only bend so far before it breaks
She's stuck between a rock and a heartache

She tries to keep busy with her everyday routines


Soap operas in the afternoons, after she cleans
As she wipes off a picture frame from their wedding day
She wonders if he asked her again what would she say

Chorus

She feels like she's stranded somewhere in no man's land
Cause her life is like a prisoner's chained to a wedding band

Chorus

Well I've done some things that I can't undo
I took your trust and I tore it into
No man in his right mind would have said it's over
Still I told you goodbye completely sober

I wish I could say I'd been drinking
And blame the bottle but I've never been one to booze
Lord only knows what I was thinking
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
Even that's just a fool's excuse

My mama knows her baby boy knows better
It's gonna break her heart to hear we're not together
She's always said she cares so much for you
So what is she gonna say about the hell I've put you through

I wish I could say I'd been drinking
And blame the bottle but I've never been one to booze
Lord only knows what I was thinking
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
Even that's just a fool's excuse

Even Tennessee whiskey couldn't wash away the pain
Watered down with teardrops over light Kentucky rain

I wish I could say I'd been drinking
And blame the bottle but I've never been one to booze
Lord only knows what I was thinking
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
Even that's just a fool's excuse

I wish I could say I'd been drinking
And blame the bottle but I've never been one to booze
Lord only knows what I was thinking
Wish I could say I'd been drinking
Even that's just a fool's excuse

I was singing at the ol' Broken Spoke
I could have swore she came walking in
Forgot the words to a song that I wrote

Must be losing my mind once again
Her daddy is a southern Baptist preacher
I had to choose her or the bars where I sang
Now when I call I can't seem to reach her
I'm gonna find her if it's the last thing

Chorus:
So I'll drive all night long
Till I find where we went wrong
But there's no love in sight -
Just those lonely Lubbock lights

I was ready to give up the road
As I turned onto her street
But the silhouette there in her window
Was of someone who once looked like me


I'd placed a price on her heart
But someone else collected the bounty
Now this lost soul don't know where to start
I think I'm lost somewhere in Hale County

Chorus

That west Texas wind grew colder
As I left her further behind me
Sometimes I stop and cry on the shoulder
Cause every town I pass helps to remind me

Chorus

well, he's a no good for nothing
but she wishes he was good for something
besides his behind looking so fine
in those wragler jeans
well all her friends can't help but stare
at his blue denim derie'er
wish that they were in her boots
if you know what i mean
and it may sound crazy
but those wrangler butts
drive the cowgirls nuts
well he lays around all day long
stays out at night until the break of dawn
comes crawling in dragging
mud across her floor
well she'd love to kick him out
but she can't help but thinking about
all the women who are waiting line
for his 33/34's
and it may sound crazy
but those wrangler butts
it aint healthy if they fit too tight
you know this could hurt a man


by the end of the night
it's a powerful thing
if they fit just right
all the ladies know it's a mighty beautiful sight
well he's never been one for anything
that involves books
he aint got much going for him besides his good looks
you see he always stays in trouble
when it comes down to romance
it aint a joke when they say the boy
survives by the seat of his pants
and it may sound crazy
but those wrangler butts
drive the cowgirls nuts
yes it may sound crazy
but those wrangler butts
drive the cowgirls nuts