Texas Love Song by Elton John


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                  [acoustic guitar intro]

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  I heard from a friend you'd been       messing around with a

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    cute little thing I'd been          dating uptown.            Well,

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    I don't know if I                   like that idea much.      Well, you

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    better stay clear,     I might       start acting rough.         You

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     out of town guys sure               think you're real keen.    Think

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      all of us boys are                 homespun and green.      But that's

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    wrong my friend,           so get      this through your head.  We're

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    tough and we're Texan  with         necks good &       red.  So it's

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     Ki yi, yippie  yi yi,              You long hairs are sure gonna die

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     Our American    home was clean till you came                    and

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    kids still     respected the president's name....              And the

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    eagle still flew in the sky,    hearts filled with national pride.  Then

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   you came along with your drug-crazed songs....                   God

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    *** It!    You're all       gonna  die.

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[interlude]

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    How dare you sit there and           drink all our beer.        Oh, it's

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    made for our workers who            sweat, spit and swear.      The

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     minds of our daughters are         poisoned by you,      with your

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     communistic politics and them      Negro blues.            Well, I'm

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    gonna quit talking and               take action now.          Run

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     all of you fairies        far [clean] out of this town.      Oh, I'm

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     dog tired of watching you            mess up our lives.

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     Spending the summertime            naturally        high.  Well, it's

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    Ki yi, yippie yi yi                  You long hairs are sure gonna die.

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     Our American     home was clean till you came.                And

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     kids still   respected the president's name...                  And the

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     eagle still flew in the sky,        hearts filled with national pride.

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     Then you came along with your drug-crazed songs.                 God

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     *** It!   You're all   gonna       die                          God

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     *** It!   You're all gonna        die.                        God

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     *** It!      You're all  gonna     die.

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[outro]