More songs by Ella Langley
Description
Sometimes love smells not of perfume, but of gasoline and dust from the highway. And no matter how hard you try to tie your heart to another state, if a cowboy lives there, sooner or later he will turn back to where the stars are brighter and the accent is thicker. It's all perfectly honest: some choose feelings, some choose Texas. All that's left is to pour yourself some more Jack, turn on an old country hit, and admit that some roads always lead home, just not to you.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with Tennessee.
I shoulda known better than to take him back to Abilene.
I put him right back into her arms.
I wasn't a match for that kinda spark.
She's from Texas, I can tell by the way he's two-stepping 'round the room.
And judging by the smile that's written on his face, there's nothing I can do.
It doesn't take a crystal ball to see.
A cowboy always finds a way to leave. Drinking Jack all by myself.
He's choosing Texas, I can tell.
Well, I guess he forgot about the Smoky Mountain rain.
The old Hank tunes, the Memphis blues we used to sing.
He always loved Amarillo by morning.
I shoulda taken that as a warning.
She's from Texas, I can tell by the way he's two-stepping 'round the room.
And judging by the smile that's written on his face, there's nothing I can do.
It doesn't take a crystal ball to see.
A cowboy always finds a way to leave. Drinking Jack all by myself.
He's choosing Texas, I can tell.
Well, I'm eastbound down and I can't help but cry 'cause I-40 gets lonelier with every mile.
I know that his mind was never gonna change 'cause his heart still belongs to the Lone Star State.
She's from Texas, I can tell by the way he's two-stepping 'round the room.
And judging by the smile that's written on his face, there's nothing I can do.
No, yeah, it doesn't take a crystal ball to see.
A cowboy always finds a way to leave. Drinking Jack all by myself.
He's choosing Texas, I can tell.
No, drinking Jack all by myself.
He's choosing Texas, I can tell.
Come on, baby.
Oh, yeah.
Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with Tennessee.