Whenever we drive across Texas
Like we done so many times before
We know exactly when we cross the border
We're not in Louisiana anymore

From Beaumont to Houston there's no difference
Traffic suburbs and a lot of oil
Doesn't matter if they build it up more
There isn't any nature left to spoil

Driving through Texas in the morning
Driving through Texas at night
Even if it seems to take forever
Texas travel makes you feel alright

In the heart of Texas there's more interest
Important places like the Alamo
Home of the cowboy and the rancher
And the Austin City Limits music show

Further south there's Galveston Island
The Texas Riviera's moving slow
Corpus Christi all the way to Brownsville
Even further south to Mexico

Eventually you get to old El Paso
Passport stop from here to Mexico
Juarez across the border
California's just a thousand miles to go