To the people up in Texas   It's the nearest thing to Heaven here on earth   The lifestyle up in Texas   Is just go on out and live for all it's worth      Where the men are all men   And the ladies there are born with ways to please   And the people up in Texas   Think that the rest of all the world is over seas      You don't need no one to tell you   When you cross that Texas line   The air starts smellin' sweeter   And the water tastes like wine      The sun is always shining   So it's seldom ever cold   People just grow up there   Never old      You don't need no one to tell you   When you cross that Texas line   The air starts smellin' sweeter   And the water tastes like wine      The sun is always shining   So it's seldom ever cold   People just grow up there   Never old      The people up in Texas   It's the nearest thing to Heaven here on earth   The lifestyle up in Texas   Is just go on out and live for all it's worth      Where the men are all men   And the ladies there are born with ways to please   And the people up in Texas   Think that the rest of all the world is over seas      Yeah, the people up in Texas   Think that the rest of all the world is over seas