Easy Money Down in Texas

[Verse 1]
It's easy money down in Texas
Get a guitar, start a band
Play the open mic at the Cheatham Street Warehouse
For the college kids and the red dirt fans
Then call up Larry Joe Taylor
And say you wanna play his Chili Fest
Get drunk with Cody, Wade, and Cody
Jack and Cody and all the rest

[Chorus]
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money

[Verse 2]
It's easy money down in Texas
Wear your hair like Robert Plant
Buy a faded Levi jacket
And say y'all influenced by Townes Van Zandt
Get your tattoos from Bart Willis
Don't ever disrespect George Strait
Get Red 11 to do your booking
You'll never have to play in any other state

[Chorus]
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money

[Verse 3]
It's easy money down in Texas
You got a van, a trailer, and some trucker speed
Driving all night after a gig in Lubbock
The drummer's riding shotgun, playing Asleep at the Wheel
Roll into Austin about sun-up
Two Torchy's tacos and a Shiner six-pack
Won't be long 'til you're on your own tour bus
Leaving Billy Bob's and counting greenbacks

[Chorus]
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money
Easy money down in Texas
Easy money
Let me tell you, easy money down in Texas
Easy money
Easy money, boys, down in Texas
Easy money

[Outro]
That's all I got
You boys from Oklahoma come on down too
It's easy money
Get on Ray Benson's television show, too
Make some easy money, yeah, in Texas
Take it home