(c) Ralph Goff
Hog Time Music
ALL AROUND TEXAS
I was born in Lubbock
You were born in Austin
We got married in Fort Worth
Had our first kid in Houston
The second in Waco
And the twins outside of Galveston
[CHORUS]
ALL AROUND TEXAS I have been
ALL AROUND TEXAS a-far
ALL AROUND TEXAS I have been
But I’d still like to see some more
Yeah I’d still like to see some more
Got a good new job in Longview
Then got layed off in Mesquite
Found a better one right away in San Antone
Was the big, big boss in Killeen
Just a worker bee in Denton
Then was running things again in Abilene
[Repeat CHORUS...]
Little Becky got married in Big D
Freddie followed up in Kilgore
And the twins both got hitched in Tyler town
Had our first grandkid in Arlington
The second came in Bryan
And the twins outside of Pleasanton
[Repeat CHORUS ...]
We retired in Waxahaxie
You started feeling bad in Laredo
We moved closer to the kids out Sherman way
Had to lay you down in Paris
Now I’m hanging on in Temple
Might move to Nacogdoches one of these days
[Repeat CHORUS...]
[Fade out]
ALL AROUND TEXAS
ALL AROUND TEXAS
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Lyrics: Ralph Goff
MAN, I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
VERSE 1
MAN I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
WHERE THE MOUNTAINS REACH UP TO TOUCH THE SKY
WHERE THE GREEN HAY FIELDS COVER THE VALLEYS
AND THE STREAMS ARE FULL OF FISH THAT STRIKE MY FLY
THAT’S WHY I GO BACK EVERY SUMMER
IT’S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO BE
MAN I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
AND I WONDER IF MONTANA MISSES ME?
VERSE 2
PEOPLE ASK ME WHY I DON’T MOVE THERE
IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH TWENTY BELOW
THERE ISN’T ENOUGH ANTI-FREEZE IN THIS OLD BODY
AND I DON’T LIKE A DRIVIN’ IN THE SNOW
BUT I’LL SURE BE BACK THERE EVERY SUMMER
WHEN THE WEATHER IS AS PERFECT AS CAN BE
MAN I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
AND I WONDER IF MONTANA MISSES ME?
VERSE 3
I MET HER IN A LITTLE BAR IN DILLON
SHE SAID MONTANA WAS HER NAME
I WASN’T SURE SHE MEANT IT, BUT WHAT DIFFERENCE DID IT MAKE
SO I DANCED ALL NIGHT WITH HER JUST THE SAME
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT I FELL IN LOVE
THEN HER STEADY GUY SHOWED UP AT TWELVE O’ THREE
MAN I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
AND I WONDER IF MONTANA MISSES ME?
YEAH, DERN I’M GONNA MISS MONTANA
AND I WONDER IF MONTANA MISSES ME?
Lyrics: Ralph Goff
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER
[Verse 1]
It was hard for Momma when I was young
I caused her problems every day
Staying out late, getting into trouble no matter what she’d say
Then one day she got tired of it all, showed me to the front door
As I was climbing into my pickup, this is what I heard her roar
[Chorus]
You better get your act together before that judgment day
Get your act together or there'll be hell to pay
You don’t know when it's a comin'
So you better not delay
Get your act together before that judgment day
[Verse 2]
But I kept on with my wild life
It was known all around town
People would pass me on the street not smiling just a frown
Even my friends would try and avoid me, look down and turn their heads
Then I saw one who’d become a preacher and he sat me down and said
[repeat chorus]
[Verse 3]
I was having too much fun to stop
Then I ended up in jail
The judge he gave me 30 days
without the hope of bail
I did my time, they let me out, I was itching for a drink that day
But Momma, the preacher and judge were there and they had this to say
[repeat chorus]
[repeat chorus]
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