Texas Dead

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Eight months offshore on a platform rig Seasick and homesick and sick of the gig Hop in the chopper, it has come to take Me back to the mainland, I'll go straight to the lake Lone Star in the cooler, answer the riddle Go grab a guitar, pick up a fiddle Play all night 'til ya just can't sing All the Charlie and Bruce, the Lyle and Keen [Chorus] I'm Texas born, Texas bred When I die, I'll be Texas dead Lay me down in the ground Put my name on a stone To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home [Verse 2] Two-a-days in the summer, they tested my will Tore up my knee, Oklahoma drill For the love the game, for the love of the lights We were all livin' for Friday nights Ben went off to Bama, Van's a volunteer Chance is up in Kansas, man, I stayed right here [Chorus] I'm Texas born, Texas bred When I die, I'll be Texas dead Lay me down in the ground Put my name on a stone To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home [Bridge] Great Grandad's great depression didn't last that long When the cain dried up and the cotton was gone He dug down below ground, he broke the bedrock apart Said sometimes you gotta look down deep in the heart [Chorus] I'm Texas born, Texas bred When I die, I'll be Texas dead Lay me down in the ground Put my name on a stone To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home