You can deck me out in diamonds
You can teach me city ways
You can drive me in your new Mercedes Benz
But it's your sweet time you're wastin'
When you drag me out to Jasons
And expect me to dazzle all your sweet high rollin' friends

Cause I cut my teeth on go ol' Western Swang
I love a sentimental melody
Come on and rosin up them strings
Honey, let those fiddles sing
Cause you cain't take the Texas out of me

No, you cain't take the Texas out of me, oooh Lord
I'm as crazy as a calf on gypsum weed
I can feel that prairie moon from this New York hotel room
And you cain't take the Texas out of me

So your friends sip soda water with a little twist of lime
Me, I got to have Jack Daniels straight
Well, I know I don't belong here
No one plays my kind of song here
And I sure do miss that good old Lone Star State

Cause I cut my teeth on go ol' Western Swang
I love a sentimental melody
Come on rosin up them strings
Honey, let those fiddles sing
Cause you cain't take the Texas out of me

No, you cain't take the Texas out of me, oooh Lord
I'm as crazy as a calf on gypsum weed
I can feel that prairie moon from this New York hotel room
And you cain't take the Texas out of me

You cain't the Texas out of me