Songwriter: Michael Martin Murphey Boomer Castleman
Right in the middle of the ten-cent scenery
Shuffled and stacked on a post card rack
There's a cute little kid with a Shetland Pony
Who smiles at me and I can't smile back
And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
And tells me it's my lucky day
Five o'clock in the Texas morning
And I've come a long long way
She left me cold on a winter's morning
And cold it's been for the longest time
Told me Texas was where she was goin'
And I came lookin' and she's hard to find
And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
I don't know just where I'll find her
Maybe the soldier with the suitcase saw her
She just said she was goin' to Texas for a little while
So I'm lookin' for the girl with light brown hair
She'g got hazel eyes and she's not too pretty
She's got a beautiful smile and she just said
She was goin' down to Texas for a little while
The cook in the back is gettin' curious
To ask the waitress where I'm from
She just said, "I ain't never seen him
He's probably just a California bum."
And Cactus Jack says, "That's right."
As I walk out into the light
Five o'clock in the Texas morninig
And I've got a long long ride
Outside the sun is up
And the wind blows me like a paper cup
Down the highway
Shuffled and stacked on a post card rack
There's a cute little kid with a Shetland Pony
Who smiles at me and I can't smile back
And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
And tells me it's my lucky day
Five o'clock in the Texas morning
And I've come a long long way
She left me cold on a winter's morning
And cold it's been for the longest time
Told me Texas was where she was goin'
And I came lookin' and she's hard to find
And Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
I don't know just where I'll find her
Maybe the soldier with the suitcase saw her
She just said she was goin' to Texas for a little while
So I'm lookin' for the girl with light brown hair
She'g got hazel eyes and she's not too pretty
She's got a beautiful smile and she just said
She was goin' down to Texas for a little while
The cook in the back is gettin' curious
To ask the waitress where I'm from
She just said, "I ain't never seen him
He's probably just a California bum."
And Cactus Jack says, "That's right."
As I walk out into the light
Five o'clock in the Texas morninig
And I've got a long long ride
Outside the sun is up
And the wind blows me like a paper cup
Down the highway
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Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue