Texas from Heaven & Earth by Joe Buchanan

Yes I’ve been to Yisrael, but I floated that Frio River
And they don’t make no Hummus at Neal’s
They make a mean chicken dinner

Well them Mesquite trees and them singing leaves
Well they always remind me of Gd
Floating back in tubes, well it feels so damn good
That it might get outlawed

Yeah now, Texas is like a holy land to me
It’s the place where the heavens feel close
Yeah where Gd taught me to see
And if I don’t make my way, don’t make my way
Back across that sea someday
I’ll be glad I lived in Texas where I first found the reason to pray

When I was a kid, I was trouble born and trouble did
No one thought I’d make it to fifteen
I was such a mess, well strugglin’, well I did my best
And the getting good was getting pretty lean

Yeah well I believe that Gd’s where you are
We met under that Lone Star
Between you and Gd, yeah there ain’t no one between
If you’re feeling down, well my friend just come on down
To the state where the name means anything but mean

I like Dallas Nights, I like Austin loud
I like a buckle at the Rodeo, I’m Houston proud
San Antonio’s got you beat on the pico
You can check your mail in Terlingua in a Speedo

Man oh man, that country’s fun
From the Piney Woods to the Far West sun
Every Robert Earl Keen song is a winner
Crank it while you’re proppin’ up the cooler by the river

And Texas is like a holy land to me
It’s the place where the heavens feel close
Yeah where Gd taught me to see
Well now, and if I don’t make my way, don’t make my way
Back across that sea someday
I’ll be glad I lived in Texas where I first found the reason to pray (3x)

• Classic Country
• Country
• Jewish
• Houston