Texas Morning

(Michael Martin Murphey)

Right in the middle of the ten-cent scenery.

Shuffled and stacked on a post card rack.

There's a cute little kid with a Shetland Pony.

Who smiles at me and I can't smile back.

And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black

Ant tells me it's my lucky day.

Five o'clock in the Texas morning

And I've come a long long way.

She left me cold on a winter's morning

And cold it's been for the longest time.

Told me Texas was where she was goin'.

And I came lookin' and she's hard to find.

And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black . . .

I don't know just where I'll find her.

Maybe the soldier with the suitcase saw her.

She just said she was goin' to Texas for a little while.

So I'm lookin' for the girl with light brown hair

She'g got hazel eyes and she's not too pretty.

She's got a beautiful smile and she just said

She was goin' down to Texas for a little while.

The cook in the back is gettin' curious

To ask the waitress where I'm from.

She just said, "I ain't never seen him,

He's probably just a California bum."

And Cactus Jack says, "That's right."

As I walk out into the light.

Five o'clock in the Texas morninig

And I've got a long long ride.

Outside the sun is up.

And the wind blows me like a paper cup

Down the highway . . .

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