Keep Texas Beautiful Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker 

Texas in October, is about as pretty as it gets 

But Texas in the springtime, is even prettier yet 

You miss it so much when you're gone 

It's hard for you to say 

Texas gets more beautiful, with every passing day 

Got a letter from my family, said they'd had a lot of rain 

It washed away the cotton crops, but all and all they can't complain 

'Cause the bluebonnets are about to bloom again, 

And Ginger finally had her colt 

In Texas they don't worry much, about things they can't control 

Chorus: 

Keep Texas beautiful, keep Texas free 

Keep her wild and natural, just the way she ought to be 

This world is full of man-made wonders, Texas didn't come that way 

No, Texas came out beautiful, why not keep her that way? 

I've been out here working hard, trying to make ends meet 

But a float trip down the Rio Grande would sure do a lot for me 

A good night's sleep under a lot of stars 

With a sunrise crisp and clean 

And the smell of coffee boiling, by a big old pot of beans 

Chorus 

So in my dreams I'm driving home, I can see my daddy's face 

He's standing by the live oak tree, in our yard on Canyon Lake 

And I'm driving under miles and miles of clear blue Texas skies 

Some strangers in a pick-up truck, turn and wave as I drive by 

Chorus 

Yeah, Texas came out beautiful, why not keep her that way?