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I heard Lyle Lovett sing "That's right, you're not from Texas--Texas wants you anyway," and this little Texas two-step happened.

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Now I've been to most every state
Down in the lower 48
Except I guess for Delaware
But I have met someone from there--I swear.

And I guess somehow I missed Alabama
Between hittin' Florida and Louisiana
But the state I've missed the most of
I missed the panhandle and coast of, and everywhere

'Cause everyone's got a song about it
Can't be a singer-songwriter without it
It's big and brash, it's a pain in the ass--it's Texas.

No matter what their instrument
No matter what their sex is;
Singers with a song to sing
Always sing about Texas.

I know the state's got Austin,
And it got the North Stars too;
It's got a couple good friends of mine
And that just makes me blue.
It's one big bunch of land
Between New Orleans and New Mexico;
It's one big place that gave us
LBJ, Bush, and Perot.

So here it goes: Another song about Texas.

And every time you turn around
Another singer sings
Another song about Texas
And the ecstasy it brings.
So if I never get there
I won't feel I'm deprived;
But if I never hear another song about Texas
I'll know I'm not alive,

So here it goes: Another song about Texas.

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from Beguiled World, released July 17, 2012
Tim Gustafson: Rhythm guitar, harmonica, and vocals
Tom Cravens: Lead guitar
John Helgen: Keyboard
Steve Kimball: Drums
Dave Michel: Bass. Rhythm guitar

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Tim Gustafson Moline, Illinois

I have been writing and playing Americana--sometimes bluesy, sometimes rockish, sometimes jazz-inflected folk--since before it was called "Americana." I don't know where songs come from, or how or why they emerge. But here they are. I hope you enjoy them. ... more

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