CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS
Verse #1:
I yearned to go a wandering,
When I was just a lad.
And so, I left being me
The best life I have had.
I put aside my cowboy boots
To wear the Army's Green
So I could go where I ain't gone
And see what I ain't seen.
Chorus:
Take me back
To Coryell County,
To the Girl I once called mine!
I loved those times
Deep down in Texas
Growing up along
The Santa Fe rail line!
Verse #2:
I used to work the rodeo
Beneath the Texas sun.
I was a champion rider
When the Brahma bulls would run.
Now and then, I'd kiss my girl
Whose name I won't disclose,
She was a Texas tomboy,
And sweet just like a rose!
Verse #3:
Now I'm in a foreign land;
I've got my boyhood dream.
But the dream's a nightmare
When I hear the dying scream!
I'm out of ammunition
And the time's run out for me.
But, I'll give a yell for Texas,
That's where I want to be!