Austin Lounge Lizards - Big Tex's Girl lyrics

(Hank Card/Kristen Nelson) You've all heard tell of Pecos Bill Who rode a cyclone 'til it broke Well, at the Texas State Fair There's an even bigger bloke That cowpoke's name is Big Tex Fifty-two feet tall he stands Outside he's just a mannequin But inside he's a man And a man gets lonely So his heart was full of woe Until he met a filly By the name of Heather Jo So at twilight on the border As the smoke begins to curl The heard all loves to hear this story About Big Tex's girl All day long she sits beside Big Tex As he greets the folks at the State Fair You may say her motives are complex I think she's just happy sitting there She grew up in North Dallas full of angst So she dyes her hair and wears black leather But now to that angst she says "No thanks" Sticking to Tex through the hottest weather She does not have eyes for the prize roosters And she's cold toward the reptile boy Corny dogs don't thrill her like they used to She only needs Big Tex to bring her joy Big Tex seems to be a happy fella But his loneliness she recognized Searching for a tattooed mademoiselle Not afraid to love a man his size All her friends in school were non-conformists So she became a non-conformist, too But the change inside her was enormous When Big Tex said, "Je t'aime, mon petit chou" She's not lost inside the House of Mirrors She no longer rides the Tilt-a-Whirl Midway barkers cannot draw her nearer She just wants to be Big Tex's girl Howdy, folks. Welcome to the State Fair of Texas She hears him saying Heather Jo, I love you, though small minds reject us Toast them with a giant Dr. Pepper Hoist your turkey legs into the air To the love birds of two different feathers And their big romance at the State Fair You might say that their love has no future The crowd around his feet may taunt and tease But pardner don't you try to disabuse her 'Cause she's just happy as Big Tex's squeeze