Lone Star State of Mind

Album: Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
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  • Your phone call took my by surprise
    Gee, it's been a long, long time
    Since those hot and humid Texas nights
    When we went swimm'n in the tide

    Corpus Christi seems so far away
    And I'm not talk'n 'bout the miles
    And there ain't much I wouldn't give today
    Just to see one of your smiles

    [Chorus:]
    But here I sit alone in Denver
    Sipp'n the California wine
    And I've got all night to remember you
    I'm in a lone star state of mind

    I just saw John Wayne on the Late, Late Show
    Save the girl and ride away
    And I was hoping as the credits rolled
    He'd make it back to her someday

    [Chorus]

    It's a thousand miles or more
    From here to your front door
    I'd be there tomorrow if I left today
    And I'd just pack up my guitar
    You know it's really not that far
    When you called you said I'd have a place to stay Writer/s: EUGENE ALBERT LEVINE, FRED KOLLER, PATRICK ALGER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • David Allen from Dunedin, NzThis is a song that I like. Nanci's sense of familiarity in delivery just makes me feel like I'm there, even though the ocean kinda gets in the way.
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