tight levis and yellow ribbon

i was born and raised in the red clay hills of texas

in the land where the grass gets only beer can tall

that's where i learned to cuss and fight and chew brown mule tobacco

fix windmills fore i was five years old

i rode every head of stock from the gulf to kansas city

and running wild is all i've ever known

but this cowboy's got a weakness for tight levis and yellow ribbons

and there's something bout 'em i can't leave alone

tight levis and yellow ribbons make a cowboy swim a river

that before he jumps he knows is way too wide

and they'll make him throw a saddle on a bronc he's never seen

and one he knows he'll never break to ride

i met her at a rodeo in douglas arizona

i'd drawn the rankest horse a man could draw

well i rode him tall and spurred him high and when i made the whistle

the crowd went wild but she was all i saw

that night we had a beer or two with friends of mine from dallas

she smiled and said she loved the texas drawl

and i felt like roy rogers did in all those cowboy movies

cause i became the hero got the money girl and all

tight levis and yellow ribbons. yeah they'll make him throw a saddle.