[00:06.29]Leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can
[00:11.53]'Cause you've been hit behind the seawall,
[00:14.90]Gently folded in the sand
[00:18.79]Papa left you for Heaven after your Mama lost her song
[00:23.83]And though your baby left you for Houston,
[00:27.50]No one stays there very long
[00:43.01]There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor,
[00:46.38]A gate that only closes
[00:48.75]Snowbirds fly away like secrets no one really wants to know
[00:54.93]The climbing moon's always shining
[00:58.20]On the kind of shells you keep
[01:00.80]The broken horse tied to the water tower's running in his sleep
[01:09.53]It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall
[01:22.38]It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all
[01:34.34]And says, “If you can make the music
[01:38.76]Then you can have the dance
[01:42.11]If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants”
[02:11.03]So leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can
[02:16.25]'Cause it's the only place the Lone Star
[02:19.85]Kind have offered you a hand
[02:23.21]Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead
[02:28.52]You never knew you were a burden
[02:32.12]Till it hit you on the head
[02:37.68]It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall
[02:48.89]It's too bad Texas leans to the least in us all
[03:01.92]And says, “If you can make the music
[03:06.09]Then you can have the dance
[03:09.22]If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants”