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Texas Rose

from The Blue Room by Terry Lee Hale

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TEXAS ROSE

HAND ME DOWN MY RIDING CAPE
HAND ME DOWN MY BOOTS
HAND ME DOWN THAT ‘’44”
AND A ROPE THAT I CAN USE
SADDLE UP THE CHESTNUT MARE
CINCH HER DOWN REAL TIGHT
ROLL ALL UP MY WINTER GEAR
I’M LIVING HERE TONIGHT
LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON
I’LL RETURN WHEN I CAN
I THINK YOU’RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW
I’M GOING OUT TO FIND AND KILL A MAN

I HAVEN’T GOT MUCH TIME HERE BOY
SO, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN CLOSE
I’VE GOT TO DO THIS WHILE IT’S HOT
AND HIS TRAIL IS GETTING COLD
YOUR MA’S NOT COMING BACK HERE SON
SHE’S LAYING UP THERE ON THE HILL
THERE’S GOING TO BE A HOLE NOW IN OUR LIVES
THAT TIME WON’T EVER FILL
LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO
I’M NOT ASKING YOUR FORGIVENESS
I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH

CHORUS:
IT WAS JUST CHANCE I CAME BY
LUCK I DON’T KNOW
FOR IT WAS THEN I DID DISCOVER
ANOTHER MAN WITH MY TEXAS ROSE

I WISH I COULD TELL YOU BOY WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID
FOR HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINKER
FULL OF LIES CARELESSLY HID
AND I LOVED THAT ROSE WITH ALL MY HEART
THAT’S NOT A LIE
BUT TO FIND HER IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER MAN
I WOULD NOT SPARE HER LIFE
LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON
I’M COUNTING ON YOU
FOR I HAVE MADE MYSELF A PROMISE
AND I WILL DO WHAT I SET OUT TO

CHORUS:
I WILL REMEMBER ALWAYS
AND I WILL BURN I SUPPOSE
FOR I HAVE KILLED MY OWN TRUE LOVE
MY ONE, MY TEXAS ROSE

YES, HE KNOWS I’M COMING FOR HIM
BUT THERE’S NOWHERE HE CAN HIDE
THAT I AM NOT SURE TO FOLLOW
THOUGH IT MAY MEAN MY LIFE
BUT IF GOD’S WLLLING SON I WILL RETURN
BUT I’VE GOT TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT
IT WILL BE COLDLY MEASURED JUSTICE
AN EYE FOR AN EYE

CHORUS :
AND SO, I MUST FOLLOW
NOW I MUST GO
BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER
THE LOVE OF A TEXAS ROSE
AND IF I COULD I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT
A MAN SHALL REAP WHAT HE SOWS
AND SO, HE WILL DISCOVER
WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE
MY TEXAS ROSE

(CGCGCE)

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from The Blue Room, released June 1, 2000

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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