So, if Texas is such a bad place. why are there so many songs about this wonderful State?
Amarillo by Morning - George Strait (also a movie, which I didn't know)
If you're Gonna Play in Texas, You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band - Alabama
La Grange - ZZTop
Proud to be an A$$hole from El Paso - Kinky Friedman
Yellow Rose of Texas
Texas, Our Texas (state song)
The Eyes of Texas are Upon You
Deep in the Heart of Texas
San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker
San Antonio Rose - Willie Nelson
Houston (Means that I'm one day closer to you) - The Gatlin Brothers
Theme to "Dallas"
That's Right (You're not from Texas) - Lyle Lovett
(from contributors below - thanks!)
"T" For Texas - Jimmie Rodgers
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb
Dallas - The Flatlanders
Heaven, Hell Or Houston - ZZ Top
Galveston - Glen Campbell
El Paso - Marty Robbins (ed note: beautiful song, beautiful story, I just couldn't remember the title!)
Amarillo - Emmylou Harris
Streets Of Laredo - Buck Owens
Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Waylon Jennings
Brownsville Girl - Bob Dylan
Livin' On the Edge (of Houston) - Reverend Horton Heat
Just Like a Texan - Laurie York
Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked
(Making the run to) Gladewater - Michelle Shocked
Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith
All My Exes Live in Texas - George Strait
Price of San Jacinto - Reverend Horton Heat
Texas Rock-a-billy Rebel - Reverend Horton Heat
People in Dallas Got Hair - Waylon Jennings
Abilene - Waylon Jennings
T for Texas (also called Blue Yodel No. 1) - Waylon Jennings
Amarillo - Sideways Forest
San Antonio - Frank Black and the Catholics
Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Can't Get Enough of Texas - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Texarkana Baby - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Amarillo - Love Spirals Downwards
If it wasn't for Texas - George Strait
Texas Tornado (blowin' me away again)- Tracy Lawrence
Dallas - Alan Jackson
100% Texan- Kevin Fowler
Laredo- Chris Cagle
Blame It On Texas- Mark Chesnut
The Bluest Eyes In Texas- Restless Heart
TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)- TANYA TUCKER
Where are the songs about PA? Oh yeah Allen Town by Billy Joel
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