You Ain't Never Been to Texas Song Lyrics and Chords
You Ain't Never Been to Texas Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Lee
You Ain't Never Been to Texas
Recorded by Johnny Lee
Written by Roger Springer, Tony Raymee, Jerry Lane
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Saw a man on the TV
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he's out in California
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Talking about where we all came
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from
He said the reason we're all here is
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purely
accidental
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He said it's all based on evo
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lution
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I took a drink of coffee
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walked out on my back porch
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I looked up at heaven then I looked at
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my old horse and I thought
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He ain't never seen a
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sunset out west the
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cactus
Or a paintbrush bloom in the
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springtime
He ain't never heard a
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coyote
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young colt take off running for the
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first
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Well I've
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thought a lot about it
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sometimes we overthink it
But the
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only thing that
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makes any
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sense
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If you
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don't believe in God
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you ain't never been to
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Texas
I wish all those non-believers
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would cross that old red river
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Lord it would surely open up their
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eyes
When I wake up every morning
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and I look out at heaven
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It ain't hard to rea
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lize
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If there's anybody out there still
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trying to figure out
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About where we all came from or what life is
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all
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I'd like to tell you
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You ain't never seen a
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sunset out west the
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cactus
Or a paintbrush bloom in the
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springtime
You ain't never heard a
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coyote
crying
Or a
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young colt take off running for the
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first
time
Well I've
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thought a lot about it
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sometimes we overthink it
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only thing that
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makes any
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sense
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If you
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don't believe in God
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you ain't never been to
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Texas
No if you
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don't believe in God
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you ain't never been to
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Texas
FAQ
Who sang the the song You Ain't Never Been to Texas?
- The song You Ain't Never Been to Texas was sang by Johnny Lee.
Who is Johnny Lee?
- Johnny Lee (born John Lee Ham July 3, 1946) is an American country music singer. His 1980 single "Lookin' for Love" became a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart while also appearing in the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. He racked up 17 top 40 country hits in the early and mid-1980s.
