Paul Heaton - God Bless Texas lyrics

Good old Texas Lazy old days in the Amarillo haze in my work vest Sat out on the porch Wonderin' which country to torch next God bless Texas Where the only real trace Of a brown or black face is in a bird's nest Where bears are for shooting And the world's for polluting not protest And for every Tom Sawyer idling by the bank There's a gas pipe facing East and a sewage tank For every Rio Grande rolling South There's another Thames or Nile frothing up at the mouth So when soy sauce comes falling from the trees Maple syrup's weighing down the bees Tabasco bleeds from every hand you squeeze Let the Lone Star State get down on hands and knees Good old Texas Sat doin' nothin' While the world's up coughin' asbestos Just a Colt 45 And a Jim Bowie knife to protect us God bless Texas Ask any peckerwood If the Mississippi flood'll affect us Now that old Jim Crow Is just an ordinary Joe in a Lexus And when vinegar lines the riverbank to rust Salt and pepper line your lungs to dust Sugar lines your inside to a crust And you're living life in peace but only just So when soy sauce comes falling from the trees Maple syrup's weighing down the bees Tabasco bleeds from every hand you squeeze Let the Lone Star State get down on hands and knees And as the burger van drives the buffalo from the plain The cowboy feels so stuffed that he doesn't complain Peanut bu*ter's coursing through his veins And chilli stings his skin every time it rains And it's brown sauce seeping from the bough Mayonnaise comes leaking from the cow Mustard from the nipple of the sow And they're singing God Bless Texas But God knows how And they're singing God Bless Texas God knows how They're singing God Bless Texas God knows how They're singing God Bless Texas God knows how They're singing God Bless Texas God knows how And they're singing God Bless Texas God knows how Singing God Bless Texas God knows how x 5