Saturday, July 7, 2012

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Screw You, We're From Texas

Sometimes a song needs no introduction, because the words ring true to all living beings.  These words are as true as St. John the Revelator's.  Sing it, brother.



Screw You, We're From Texas (Songwriter: Ray Wylie Hubbard)
I got on my cowboy boots, jeans
And Hawaiian shirt, mirrored sunglasses
And a mobile phone
I guess I look like some Port Aransas
Dope dealer that's out on bail
Just trying to get home
Well I ain't in jail and I got me a guitar
Got a little band that's hotter than a rocket
Sometimes we're sloppy
We're always loud, tonight we're just ornery
And locked in the pocket

So screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas baby, so screw you

Now I love the USA
And the other states
Ahh, they're OK
Texas is the place I wanna be
And I don't care if I ever go to Delaware anyway
Cause we got Stubbs, and Gruene Hall and Antone's, and John T's
Country Store
We've got Willie and Jacky Jack, Robert Earl, Pat, Cory, Charlie and me
And so many more.

So screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas, screw you

Sing it with me--
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas, screw you!

Now Texas has gotten a bad reputation,
Because of what happened in Dallas and Waco
And our corporations well they are corrupt
And the politicians are swindlers and loco
But when it comes to music my friend
I believe these words are as true as St. John the Revelator's
Our Mr. Vaughan was the best that there ever was
And no band was cooler than the 13th Floor Elevators.

So screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas, screw you!
Yup.

5 comments:

  1. We need to give Hubbard the world's biggest set of Marshall Stacks, face then east and west, then let him do his thing. Maybe then California and DC might catch on.

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  2. My kids love that song. Given the refrain, I probably shouldn't let them sing along, but there's something deeply amusing about three cute little blonde kids yelling "Screw you, we're from Texas!" that just tickles the heck out of me.

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  3. Ah, you've found my "good morning wakeup song".

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