I FELL IN LOVE WITH TEXAS 1974 - FEATHERS IN THE WIND

James Michael Taylor

I FELL IN LOVE WITH TEXAS

Well, I was not born in Texas
I just came here for a while
You give a state like this an inch
It turns into a mile
I came to stay a day or two
It turned into a life
Now I’ve got three hungry kids
And one Texas wife

Yes, I fell in love with Texas
What else could I do
I fell in love with Texas
When I fell in love with you

Well, I really hate to sing so late
The night bird sing so sweet
The crickets and the bull frogs
All got that Texas beat
There’s a lot of moisture in the air
But I can stand the heat
Of this big flat land, guitar in hand
I’m counting my feet

Yes, I fell in love with Texas
What else could I do
I fell in love with Texas
When I fell in love with you

Well, you’ve seen your bug collections
I bet I’ve seen more
Flying around my porch light at night
Circling on the floor
I’ve learned to live with the chigger mites
Down around my shoes
And the feeling of a fresh mosquito bites
A feel I never loose

Yes, I fell in love with Texas
What else could I do
I fell in love with Texas
When I fell in love with you

Every night the moon’s so bright
It couldn’t be too far
There was a time it took about a week
To drive across Texas in a car
When you have seen what I have seen
There’s no [;ace left to go
From the Oklahoma border
To the Gulf of Mexico

Yes, I fell in love with Texas
What else could I do
I fell in love with Texas
When I fell in love with you

I was not born in Texas
but I lover her just the same
It seems there’s so much music
Written in her name
You just check a map, read a history book
And you will see why the old lone star
Has dug down so far inside of you and me

Yes, I fell in love with Texas
What else could I do
I fell in love with Texas
When I fell in love with you

(C) 1976 Royal T Music