ALL MY EX'S LIVE IN TEXAS
(Sanger D. Shafer / Lyndia J. Shafer)

George Strait - 1987
Jack Jezzro - 1996
Jerry Dycke - 2004

Also recorded by:
Whitey Shafer; Grey Eagle Band; Cole Brothers; Billy Bridger.



All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee

Rosanna's down in Texarkana, wanted me to push her broom
Sweet Eileen's in Abilene, she forgot I hung the moon
And Allison's in Galveston, somehow lost her sanity
And Dimple's who now lives in Temple's got the law looking for me

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee

(Instrumental Break)

I remember that old Frio River where I learned to swim
But it brings to mind another time where I wore my welcome thin
By transcendental meditation I go there each night
But I always come back to myself long before daylight

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
Therefore I reside in Tennessee

Some folks think I'm hidin'
It's been rumoured that I died
But I'm alive and well in Tennessee


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2004)