If Jesus Lived In Texas
By: Garth Shaw
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ONE NIGHT DOWN IN AUSTIN AT THE WATER TANK BAR A MAN SAT DOWN BESIDE ME HE SAID I KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOU’RE THAT COUNTRY SINGER ALWAYS BRAGGIN’ ‘BOUT HIS HOME THEN HE LAUGHED AND SAID HEY MISTER THERE’S ONE THING I’D LIKE TO KNOW HE SAID IF JESUS LIVED IN TEXAS WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE BUT HE BARELY GOT THE WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH WHEN I REPLIED (CHORUS) THE SUN WOULD BURN LIKE WILDFIRE THERE’D BE A BILLION STARS AT NIGHT HE’D HAVE BEEN THERE AT THE ALAMO AND GLADLY GAVE HIS LIFE HE’D BRING DOWN ALL HIS ANGELS TO HEAR THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS SING (TO HEAR OLD WILLIE NELSON SING – 2ND TIME) IF JESUS LIVED IN TEXAS HE WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING THAT STRANGER COULDN’T SAY A WORD HE JUST HUNG HIS HEAD AND CRIED AND RAISED HIS GLASS AND TOASTED TO MY LONE STAR PRIDE HE SAID I WISH I COULD SAY THAT ABOUT THE PLACE I'M FROM BUT IF JESUS STOPS IN TEXAS FIRST IT’S THE ONLY PLACE HE’LL COME THEN HE TURNED TO EVERYBODY THERE AND LOOKED THEM IN THE EYES AND SAID IF JESUS LIVED IN TEXAS THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE REPEAT CHORUS Words & Music by Garth Shaw and Dan Mitchell Copyright © 2008 Singing Roadie Music (ASCAP) & Dale Morris Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
