The Only Reason

4:30 a m July 28

In the middle of a storm never touchin' the brake

I drove like a bat outta hell

Down that lonely ol' four lane

With the bright lights of Houston just fadin' behind

My tires tearin' up the road toward the state line

I was leavin' the great Lone Star state

That I loved for good

For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana

On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair

And when I get there I'm gonna get down on one knee

'Cause wherever she is boy that's home for me

Don't get me wrong

Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas

She's the only reason I'd ever stay gone

Just about Baton Rouge I was changin' my mind

Thinkin' 'bout all the things I'd be leavin' behind

Like a Red River sunrise

And the stars on a Galveston night

For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana

On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair

And when I get there I'm gonna get down on one knee

'Cause wherever she is boy that's home for me

Don't get me wrong

Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas

An' she's the only reason I'd ever stay gone

Like a long lonely night

Wonderin' where I'd spend the rest of my life

Gone like an old tumbleweed

Rollin' his way to a place he finally call home

For the love of a good woman who lives in Louisiana

On a bayou by the river with the moon in her hair

And when I get there I'm gonna get down on one knee

'Cause wherever she is boy that's home for me

Don't get me wrong

Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas

An' she's the only reason I'd ever stay gone

Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas

An' you're the only reason I'd ever stay gone