if you're gonna play in texas You gotta have a fiddle in the band That lead guitar is hot But not for a louisiana man So rosen up that both faded love And let's all dance If you're gonna play in texas You gotta have a fiddle in the band
way down in alabama We were puttin' on a show When a cowboy in the back stood up And yelled ha ha joe Said we love what you're doing But boys don't get us wrong There's just something missing in your song
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so he dusted off our boots And put our cowboy hats on straight Then texans raised the roof When jeff opened up his case Say ya all want to two-step Say you wanna do-ce-do Here's a fiddling song before jeff goes