| Heading for the Texas border
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| 'Cause I’m trying to avoid the law
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| Heading for the Texas border
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| 'Cause I’m trying to avoid the law
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| When I pull right into Houston
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| Gonna see ya my ma and pa
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| And I’ll tell them fancy stories
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| 'Bout all them cities I have seen
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| And I’ll tell them fancy stories
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| 'Bout all them cities I have seen
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| Well, all away from New York City
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| Down to, I said a-New Orleans
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| But I won’t tell 'bout the heartache
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| And I won’t tell 'bout the pain
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| And I won’t tell 'bout the times I had to sleep out in the rain
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| Well, I’m going to El Paso to get my mojo
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| Then I’ll pack my bags and head out for the North West
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| I got a gal in Dallas
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| I got a gal in Yucca Flats
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| I got a gal in Dallas
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| I got a gal in Yucca Flats
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| Well, there’s
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| With a 50 inch Chesire cat
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| to Texas
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| I do all the travelling, man
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| to Texas
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| I do all the travelling, man
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| Well, with that I’ll say good-bye, friend
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| Till I pass your way again
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| Well, I don’t know where I’m going
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| And I know I just don’t care
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| But I’ve got to keep on ramblin' 'fore I find my self somewhere
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| Where the sheriff knows the number
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| And the people, well, they know my kind
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| So, I’ll hit the road the way a travellin' man can
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