Lone Star State Of Mind: Nanci Griffith.

Written by Pat Alger, Fred Koller and Eugene Levine.
(©Lucrative Music.)
From "The MCA Years: A Retrospective", © 1994, MCA.

Your phone call took me by surprise.
Gee, it's been a long, long time,
Since those hot and humid Texas nights,
When we went swimmin' in the tide.

And Corpus Christi seems so far away,
And I'm not talkin' 'bout the miles.
And there ain't much I wouldn't give today,
Just to see one of your smiles.

      But here I sit alone in Denver,
      Sippin' the California wine.
      And I've got all night to remember you,
      I'm in a lonestar state of mind.

I just saw John Wayne on the Late, Late Show,
Save the girl and ride away.
And I was hoping, as the credits rolled,
He'd make it back to her someday.

      But here I sit alone in Denver,
      Sippin' the California wine.
      And I've got all night to remember you,
      I'm in a lonestar state of mind.

            It's a thousand miles or more,
            From here to your front door:
            I'd be there tomorrow if I left today.
            And I'd just pack up my guitar,
            You know it's really not that far:
            When you called you said I'd have a place to stay.

      But here I sit alone in Denver,
      Sippin' the California wine.
      And I've got all night to remember you,
      I'm in a lonestar state of mind.

      Yes, I've got all night to remember you,
      I'm in a lonestar state of mind.