Well I caught me a train and I went down to Memphis
There was a railroad bull a waitin' in the yard for me
He asked me where I's from and I said Texas
And he said "now you're a guest of Tennessee"

So he loaded me up and they took me down to the station
And he told that judge to throw the book at me
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
That judge has made a Texan out of me

So when I get out I'm going back to Texas
And I don't want me no part of Tennessee
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
That judge has made a Texan out of me

Well I've rode freight trains from Texas to California
And I never had nothing like this to happen before
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis
I ain't never going back to Memphis anymore

So when I get out I'm going back to Texas
I don't want me no part of Tennessee
After thirty long days of cleanin' up the streets in Memphis, yeah
That judge has made a Texan out of me

Oh, that judge has made a Texan out of me, yeah
That judge has made a Texan out of me
That judge has made a Texan out of me