The only reason

The only reason Lyrics

Four-thirty am, July 28 in the middle of a storm
Never toughing the brake
I drove like a bat outta hell
Down that lonely ole 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 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' about all the tings 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 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

Like a long lonely night
Wonderin' where I'd spend the rest of my life
Gone, like an old tumbleweed rollin' his way
A place he can't find to 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 for me
Don't get me wrong
Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas
And she's the only reason I'd ever stay gone

Love's the only reason I'd ever leave Texas
And you're the only reason I'd ever stay gone