T for texas, T for Tennessee

T for texas, T for Tennessee

T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me



If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall

If you don't want me baby, mama you sure don't got to stall

I can get more women than a passenger train could haul



I'm gonna buy myself a pistol just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna buy myself a pistol just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna shoot poor phelma just to see her jump and fall



And if that's your mama, you better tie her to your side

If that's your mama, you better tie her to your side

Cause if she flags my train I'm sure gonna let her ride



I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, with a great long shiny barrel

I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, with a great long shiny barrel

I'm gonna shoot me a rounder oh that stole away my gal



I'd rather drink muddy water, and sleep in a hollow log

I'd rather drink muddy water, and sleep in a hollow log

Than to be in atlanta treated like a dirty hog



Well it's T for texas, T for Tennessee

T for texas, T for Tennessee

T for Thelma, the girl who made a wreck out of me