Do you know why the trees bend at the west Texas border?   Do you know why they bend and sway and twine?   The trees bend because of the wind along that lonesome border   The trees bend because of the wind, all along the line      Have you seen my Caroleen up in Amarillo?   Have you seen my Caroleen, the one that I call mine?   Well, if you see my Caroleen with her hair of yellow   If you see my Caroleen, tell her I'm doin' fine      She is to me just like the breeze that blows from Corpus Christi   She is to me just like the breeze that blows up from the sea   Well, if she is like the breeze that blows from Corpus Christi   Then I must be like the trees 'cause Caroleen blows through me      Do you know why the trees bend at the west Texas border?   Do you know why they bend and sway and twine?   The trees bend because of the wind along that lonesome border   The trees bend because of the wind, almost all the time   The trees bend because of the wind, all along the line