She always wanted me to go to Texas But I told her Texas ain't no place for me But to tell the truth I was too afraid of Texas And a big wild Texas cowboy's memory She said everything was bigger and better in Texas Mention Dallas and her face would start to glow Fort Worth is where she met her second husband She never did say why he let her go She talked a lot about Texas And the warm west wind blowing through her hair She talked a lot about Texas And by this time tomorrow she'll be there Monday night she came down with a fever Tuesday she was babbling in her troubled sleep She was crying and asking why he had to leave her And Texas was the final breath she breathed She talked a lot about Texas And the warm west wind blowing through her hair She talked a lot about Texas And this time tomorrow she'll be buried there