texas rose cafe

picked up on my phone in houston

everybody answered

everybody answered but they won't say why

then this dancer grabbed me down by the bus stop

and she said i'm takin' you with me to the texas rose cafe

i got a fast car

it's a jaguar

and i'll get you to the plane on time

drinkin' lone star

play guitar

we'll have a real good time

i said love to be found in austin

love to be found in austin town

i replied that i would try

but you see my time is not my own

'cause when i was just a big time low ball fool

my friend leroy came to me

he said look out your window

does the first man you see look like me?

i'm sooooore displeased

since that time i changed my mind

about the things i'm up to

yet the things around me stay just the same

'cause outside my hotel window is a sign that turns from red to green

it says chop suey and join the u.s. marines