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Delbert McClinton Lyrics for Song: Lone Star Blues
 Lyrics for Album: Room To Breathe [2002]
 
 
 
 19755>At a truck stop in San Angelo
 
 I saw a billboard 'bout this rodeo
 
 Last weekend out in El Paso
 
 So I signed up to ride
 
 
 
 I drew a bull called Original Sin
 
 Heard he'd killed a couple of men
 
 Figured this was somethin' I could win
 
 'Cause the devil's on my side
 
 
 
 I was havin' myself one hell of a ride
 
 When I, I ended up disqualified
 
 'Cause that danged old bull just up and died
 
 Before they blew the whistle
 
 
 
 When I got them North Texas blues
 
 Thought, I'd paid all my dues
 
 Then them South Texas blues
 
 Told me, son you ain't through
 
 
 
 Had them East Texas blues
 
 And them West Texas too
 
 I've done all I know to do
 
 Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues
 
 
 
 I got laid off at Brown and Root
 
 On my way back to Cut and Shoot
 
 I lost my wristwatch and my boots
 
 Shootin' dice with a dude from Houston
 
 
 
 There ain't no jobs here workin' cattle
 
 So I got on part time haulin' gravel
 
 With some outfit from Seattle
 
 Down here buildin' custom homes
 
 
 
 When I got them North Texas blues
 
 Thought, I'd paid all my dues
 
 And then them South Texas blues
 
 Told me son you ain't through
 
 
 
 Had them East Texas blues
 
 And them West Texas too
 
 I've done all I know to do
 
 Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues, alright
 
 
 
 I gassed up my truck and packed my clothes
 
 Turned in my key and hit the road
 
 I said, Cowtown's where I'll go
 
 You never know I might get lucky
 
 
 
 I got a friend there turning knobs
 
 At this place called Billy Bob's
 
 Said he could get me a job
 
 There workin' as a bouncer
 
 
 
 First night on the job was just insane
 
 Some ol' boy got all deranged
 
 Hit me in the head with a Harley chain
 
 To this day my ears still ring
 
 
 
 I got them North Texas blues
 
 Thought, I'd paid all my dues
 
 And them South Texas blues
 
 Told me son you ain't through
 
 
 
 Had them East Texas blues
 
 And them West Texas too
 
 I've done all I know to do
 
 Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues
 
 
 
 I've done all I know to do
 
 Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose these lone star blues
 
 19755>
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