Four-thirty a.m., July 28,   In the middle of a storm, never touching the brake,   I drove like a bat outta hell,   Down that lonely ol' four-lane.      With the bright lights of Houston just fadin' behind,   My tires tearin' up the road t'ward the state-line.   I was leavin' the great Lone Star state,   That I loved, for good.      For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana,   On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair.   And when I get there, I'm gonna get down on one knee,   'Cause wherever she is, boy, that's home for me.   Don't get me wrong:   Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas;   She's the only reason I'd ever stay gone.      Just about Baton Rouge, I was changin' my mind,   Thinkin' 'bout all the things I'd be leavin' behind.   Like a Red River sunrise,   And the stars on a Galveston night.      For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana,   On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair.   And when I get there, I'm gonna get down on one knee,   'Cause wherever she is, boy, that's home for me.   Don't get me wrong:   Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas;   An' she's the only reason I'd ever stay gone.      Like a long lonely night,   Wonderin' where I'd spend the rest of my life.   Gone, like an old tumbleweed,   Rollin' his way a place he can't find to call home.      Instrumental break.      For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana,   On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair.   And when I get there, I'm gonna get down on one knee,   'Cause wherever she is, boy, that's home for me.   Don't get me wrong:   Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas;   An' she's the only reason I'd ever stay gone.      Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas;   An' you're the only reason I'd ever stay gone.      Instrumental fade.