The Day I Went Down to Texas - ORANGE JUICE

If you should change your mind

Please leave the key beneath the mat

And as for me I’m stepping

Out with these walls to a land that enthralls

A land where a man can realize his dreams

I took my place in a fast moving queue

Walked up the gangplank and winked at the crew

And now I’m bound for pastures new

Texas, down in Texas

Now I’m reelin' in the drunken sun

I jumped on the back of a Cadillac

I said I guess I’m a lucky son of a gun

You write occasionally

In such a perfunctory style

Despite myself I always

Smile while remembering our glorious past

I guess we both knew it was too good to last

I once wrote a song though the words didn’t scan

You still insisted that you were a fan

But you were so much younger then

Texas, down in Texas

Now I’m reelin' in the drunken sun

I jumped on the back of a Cadillac

I said I guess I’m a lucky son of a gun

Texas, down in Texas

Now I’m reelin' in the drunken sun

I jumped on the back of a Cadillac

I said I guess I’m a lucky son of a gun