I was born and raised in the red clay hills of Texas
In the land where the grass gets only beer can tall
Thats where I learned to cuss and fight and chew Brown Mule Tobacco
Fix windmills fore I was five years old
I rode every head of stock from the Gulf to Kansas City
Runnin wild is all Ive ever known
But this cowboys got a weakness for Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons
And theres somethin bout em I cant leave alone
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Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons make a cowboy swim a river
That before he jumps, he knows is way too wide
And theyll make him throw a saddle on a bronc hes never seen
And one he knows hell never break to ride
I met her at a rodeo in Douglas, Arizona
Id drawn the rankest horse a man could draw
Well, I rode him tall and spurred him high
And when I made the whistle
The crowd went wild but she was all I saw
That night we had a beer or two with friends of mine from Dallas
She smiled and said she loved the Texas drawl
And I felt like Roy Rogers did in all those cowboy movies
?Cuz I became the hero, got the money, girl and all
Chorus
Tight Levis and Yellow Ribbons make a cowboy swim a river
That before he jumps, he knows is way too wide
And theyll make him throw a saddle on a bronc hes never seen
And one he knows hell never break to ride