[Verse 1]

There wouldn't be no Alamo

No Cowboys in the Superbowl

No "Lonesome Dove", no "Yellow Rose"

If it wasn't for Texas

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

Fort Worth would never cross my mind

And there'd be no Austin City limits sign

No Lonestar of any kind

If it wasn't for Texas

[Verse 3]

I'd never have 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

[Chorus]

Fort Worth would never cross my mind

And there'd be no Austin City limits sign

No Lonestar of any kind

If it wasn't for Texas

[Outro]

It made me the man I am

Thank God for my old stomping' ground

I wouldn't be standing right here, right now

If it wasn't for Texas

If it wasn't for Texas

If it wasn't for Texas