I got a letter in the mail today It hit me like a slap in the faceIt said she's moving down to Lubbock, Texas Man, what a beautiful wasteShe's going down there to chase somebody I hope he's just a flameBut he must be putting out some kind of heat To pull her down to that kind of placeShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't understandYou know there's nothing there, honey Except for that manShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't comprehendMaybe it's just I can't face the fact That I'm not himI tried to sell her on the Rocky Mountains Moving with me up northThere's a town on a river surrounded by mountains A thousand miles from Fort WorthYou don't usually have to convince somebody To move to a beautiful placeSo I always just assumed she'd found someplace better Was tearing her love awayBut she's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I just can't ignoreShe's putting up with strip malls and smokestacks For the man she adoresShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't understandThere must be some kind of record For a silver-tongued manTo pull down a woman like that As bright as the new morning sunTo a shithole like Lubbock, Texas I didn't think it could be doneBut it could be done Yeah, it could be doneBut I just wasn't the oneShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't understandIf she's moving to Lubbock for love I never stood a chanceShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't comprehendShe's moving to Lubbock for love Now that I can't winI guess she never really loved me Or I just didn't know what love wasCause today I got a letter And the postmark proved itShe moved to Lubbock for loveI sat the letter down on my knee And behold the beauty, it is all mineI look out at the mountains And the huge blue heavensBut I feel like Lubbock insideI look out at the mountains And the huge blue heavensBut I feel like Lubbock insideBut I feel like Lubbock inside