Never Leaving Texas

(album: Mockingbird - 2015)

I've been seeing other women at the bottom of a glass
The faces of all the lovers that I've had in the past
And as I sit here on this barstool in my old familiar way
I wonder how you're doing out there in L.A.

When we met south of Houston I was living off the land
I moved into the city and asked your daddy for your hand
Well, you talked of being famous and driving fancy cars
While I'd get drunk on whiskey and close down all the bars

Then like some desert-wind tornado you twirled off to L.A.
And left the room spinning to this very day
Well I ain't never leaving Texas and I hope you'll understand
I'm happy here in Houston with a bottle in my hand

I've gotten used to all your memories and living with your ghost
And I hope that you are happy out there on the coast
'Cause I ain't never leaving Texas and I hope you'll understand
I'm happy here in Houston with a bottle in my hand

There ain't nothing 'bout leaving Texas I could ever understand
So I'll stay here in Houston with a bottle in my hand