Texas Dead

[Verse 1]
Eight months offshore on a platform rig
Seasick and homesick and sick of the gig
Hop in the chopper, it has come to take
Me back to the mainland, I'll go straight to the lake
Lone Star in the cooler, answer the riddle
Go grab a guitar, pick up a fiddle
Play all night 'til ya just can't sing
All the Charlie and Bruce, the Lyle and Keen

[Chorus]
I'm Texas born, Texas bred
When I die, I'll be Texas dead
Lay me down in the ground
Put my name on a stone
To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home

[Verse 2]
Two-a-days in the summer, they tested my will
Tore up my knee, Oklahoma drill
For the love the game, for the love of the lights
We were all livin' for Friday nights
Ben went off to Bama, Van's a volunteer
Chance is up in Kansas, man, I stayed right here

[Chorus]
I'm Texas born, Texas bred
When I die, I'll be Texas dead
Lay me down in the ground
Put my name on a stone
To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home

[Bridge]
Great Grandad's great depression didn't last that long
When the cain dried up and the cotton was gone
He dug down below ground, he broke the bedrock apart
Said sometimes you gotta look down deep in the heart

[Chorus]
I'm Texas born, Texas bred
When I die, I'll be Texas dead
Lay me down in the ground
Put my name on a stone
To Hell with Heaven, I'm stayin' home