The heart of Texas where I was born, by twist of fate The lone star states where I'm coming from God Almighty's been good to me Where I growed up learning by the alley mow With a swelling pride down deep inside me Saying go man go, you can be all you want to be Yeah it's right there where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you man Papa run off before I was born Mama picked cotton just to raise us kids in the Texas sun We grew up in the cotton fields So I learned how to work and I learned how to fight I learned how to put a bunch of words together as the years rolled by God gave me a way to go When my sweetheart listened to the songs I played She said I love you honey but there ain't much money in the serenade I need a man with a real job Now she's back there where I left her God knows I still think about her now and then But she knows these clothes I'm wearing Is the kind that shirt tails always flapping in the wind . . . I made my music from coast to coast Then over the water couldn't get no hotter than a dangear froze Remember the alley mow The road was long but the heart is strong I was Texas born and raised and Texas is still my home Texas is home sweet home Yeah it's right there where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you man Where my songs are always played And them good old Texas gals say honey now where you been . . . Yeah it's right back where the best is Smack dab in the heart of Texas, thank you man