(Jimmie Rodgers)
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I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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Oh, yeah, I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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Said, T for old Thelma
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The gal who made a wreck out of me
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Well, if you don't want me momma
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You sure don't have to start
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Ah, if you don't want me momma
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You sure don't have to start
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'Cause I can get more women
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Than a passenger train car
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Yeah, I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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Whoa, T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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I said, T for old Thelma
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The gal who made a wreck out of me
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I'm gonna buy me a pistol
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Just as long as I am tall
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I'm going to buy me a pistol
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Just as long as I am tall
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I'm gonna shoot down old mean Thelma
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Just to watch her jump and fall
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I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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T for old Thelma
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The gal who made a wreck out of me
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Gonna buy me a shotgun
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With a great long shiny barrel, oh yeah
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I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
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With a great long shiny barrel
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Gonna shoot down that rounder
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That stole away my girl
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I'm going where the water
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Tastes like cherry wine
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Yeah, I'm going where the water
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Tastes like cherry wine
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'Cause the water down here in Georgia
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Tastes like turpentine
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I said T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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Oh I said, T for Texas
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T for Tennessee
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I said T for old Thelma
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The gal who made a wreck out of me
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Oh yeah, women make a fool out of me
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T For Texas
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Dwight Yoakam |