Texas
None other state can stake the claim
That Texas has to worldwide fame
No where else would ever be the same
It’s people are the proudest, yet
The truest hearts you can bet
Life is as good as it can get
I have slept under the Gulf shore sky
Climbed the western mountains high
Watched magnificent eagles fly
Traveled from the high west plain
Where the farmers pray for rain
This fierce pride will never wane
To the east’s lush forest green
And all of the Texas in between
Greatest land you’ve ever seen
Where the blackland belt’s rich loam
Meets the cross-timbers grassy dome
No other place will ever be my home
Viewed the hill country’s incredible beauty
Where Ft. Hood’s soldiers do their duty
Lovely waterfalls tumbling so fluty
Possom Kingdom or Lake Fork’s wake
Tawakoni or Toledo Bend for goodness sake
From Lake Texoma to Amistead Lake
The mighty Red, Trinity and Sabine
Rio Grande, Colorado, the Brazos Queen
Rivers run muddy or pure and clean
Down in the southwestern desert and Big Bend
Llano Estacado, the Edward’s Plateau, friend
Marfa’s lights, El Capitan, scenic beauty without end
From Texarkana down to big D
Cowtown to El Paso, you will see
Why Texas means so much to me
Because every Texan seems to know
No matter where it is they go
It is Texas that they love so
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