Live at Billy Bob's Texas,
the original honky -tonk hero,
Mr. Billy Joe Shaver!
The heart of Texas where I was born,
I'm proud to say
The Lone Star stays where
I'm coming from
God Almighty's been good to me
Where I grew up I learned
about the Alamo
With a feeling of pride down
deep inside me
Saying go man go
You can be all you want to be
Yes right there we're the best here
Smack dab in the heart of Texas,
thank you ma 'am
Papa run off before I was born
Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids
In the Texas sun
We grew up in the cotton field
So we learned how to work
learned how to put a bunch
of words together
As the years rolled by
God gave me a way to go
And when my sweetheart
listened to the songs I played
She said I love you honey
But there ain't much money in the serenade
I need a man with a real job
Now she's back there where I left
God knows I still think about
her now and then
But she knows these clothes I'm wearing
Is the kind that sure tells
I'm always flapping in the wind
Texas is home, sweet home
Yeah, it's right there where
the best jet is
Smack dab in the heart of Texas
Thank you, ma 'am
Where my songs are always played
And in good old Texas
Girls say, honey, where you been?