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	Current version of Ry Cooder Lyrics The Girls from Texas (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/ry-cooder/the-girls-from-texas/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Ry Cooder Lyrics The Girls from Texas (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/ry-cooder/the-girls-from-texas/v1...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1							(James Lewis, Jimmy Holiday, Cliff Chambers)	1
	Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a year ago						Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a year ago
	Hadn't known her for too long when I had to let her go						Hadn't known her for too long when I had to let her go
	You see, she had a razor, was ten inches or so						You see, she had a razor, was ten inches or so
	And every night you'd hear her knocking at my door						And every night you'd hear her knocking at my door
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	She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back						She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back
	You can have everything that I've got in my shack						You can have everything that I've got in my shack
1	But if you ever try to leave they'll take you out in sack						But if you ever try to leave they'll take your out in sack	1
	'Cause me and my razor will see to that"						'Cause me and my razor will see to that"
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	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
3	That's the way the girls are from Texas							3
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	I thought about my situation, decided not to tarry						I thought about my situation, decided not to tarry
2	For my own self preservation, I decided we should marry						For my own self preservation I decided we should marry	2
	When the preacher started reading 'bout 'till death do us part						When the preacher started reading 'bout 'till death do us part
3	I told him, "Skip it, she had that understanding right from the start"						I told him, "Skip it, we had that understanding right from the start"	3
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6	She said, "Baby, I'll give you the clothes on my back							6
7	You can have everything that I've got in my shack							7
8	But if you ever try to leave they'll take you out in sack							8
9	'Cause me and my razor will see to that"							9
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11	That's the way the girls are from Texas							11
12	(Houston to San Antone)							12
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
4	(Got                                                   to love 'em right or leave 'em alone)						That's the way the girls are from Texas (Houston to San Antone)	4
5	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas (Got to love 'em right or leave	5
6	That's the way the girls are from Texas						'em alone)	6
7							Well, we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fairlane Ford	7
8	Well we settled down, got me a little old job, '65 Fair lane Ford						Every Friday night I would stop in and cash my pay check down at the	8
9	Every Friday night I would stop in and cash my pay check						grocery store	9
13	Down at the grocery store							13
	They had a little girl worked in there, must have been about seventeen						They had a little girl worked in there, must have been about seventeen
	She was the cutest thing I had ever seen						She was the cutest thing I had ever seen
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	It's the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't too very long						It's the same old story and I'm afraid it wasn't too very long
	Before we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrong						Before we had fallen deeply in love and I knew it was wrong
	I said baby, we got to stop this thing right here						I said baby, we got to stop this thing right here
	Or my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, that's right						Or my woman is gonna cut my throat from ear to ear, that's right
10							Tearful suffocation, she looked up in my face	10
15	In tearful supplication, she looked up in my face							15
	I could feel her heart was breaking as these sad words she did say						I could feel her heart was breaking as these sad words she did say
11	"You should have told me you was married, baby"						"You should have told me you was married, baby	11
12	She pulled out a forty-five and let me have it						She pulled out a forty-five and let me have it, right smack between the	12
13	Right smack between the eyes						eyes	13
14							That's the way the girls are from Texas	14
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
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	She was guilty, I was dead						She was guilty, I was dead
15	(That's                           the way the girls are from Texas)						Now, what'd you think that the old judge said ?	15
17	Now, what'd you think that the old judge said?							17
18	(That's the way the girls are from Texas)							18
	"Ah, that's just the way the girls are down here in Texas						"Ah, that's just the way the girls are down here in Texas
	Case dismissed!"						Case dismissed!"
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20	That's the way the girls are from Texas							20
21	(Houston to San Antone)							21
22	That's the way the girls are from Texas							22
23	(Got to love 'em right or leave 'em alone, boy)							23
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas
	That's the way the girls are from Texas						That's the way the girls are from Texas (Houston to San Antone)
2							That's the way the girls are from Texas (Got to love 'em right or leave	2
3							'em alone, boy)	3

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