The Texas we knew then
Is not the Texas we know now
Drifted away we don’t know when
Faded away we don’t know how
Friday night football still the game
Prettiest girls that you can name
Tho’ the open range is so long gone
No more campfire sing along
Goodbye lonesome whistle blowin’
Hello bumper to bumper stop and goin’
Too many strangers on our prairie
No open place for the dead to bury
IT nerds from California
Go on home we don’t want ya
Beltway boys telling us what to do
Shut up Feds you have no clue
The Texas we knew then
Is not the Texas we know now
Drifted away we don’t know when
Faded away we don’t know how
Papa bring back our tough Texas ways
Mama bring back our lost Texas days