There wouldn't be no Alamo,
No Cowboys in the Superbowl:
No "Lonesome Dove", no "Yellow Rose",
If it wasn't for Texas

I wouldn't be a Willie fan
Nobody'd swim the Rio Grande
I wouldn't be an American,
If it wasn't for Texas

Fort Worth would never cross my mind,
An' there'd be no Austim City limits sign
No Lonestar of any kind
If it wasn't for Texas

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I'd never've gone to Tennessee,
To sing my songs an' chase my dreams
Only Heaven knows just where I'd be,
If it wasn't for Texas

Fort Worth would never cross my mind
There'd be no Austin City limits sign
An' no Lonestar of any kind
If it wasn't for Texas

It made me the man I am:
Thank God for my old stompin' ground
I wouldn't be standin' right here, right now,
If it wasn't for Texas
If it wasn't for Texas
If it wasn't for Texas