[Chorus:] All my ex's live in Texas And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be But all my ex's live in Texas And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee
Rosanna's down in Texarkana Wanted me to push her broom Sweet Eileen's in Abilene She forgot I hung the moon And Allison's in Galveston Somehow lost her sanity And Dimples who now lives in Temple's Got the law looking for me
[Chorus:] All my ex's live in Texas And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be But all my ex's live in Texas And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee
I remember that old Frio River Where I learned to swim But it brings to mind another time Where I wore my welcome thin By transcendental meditation I go there each night But I always come back to myself Long before daylight
[Chorus:] All my ex's live in Texas And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be But all my ex's live in Texas And therefor I reside in Tennessee
[Bridge] Some folks think I'm hiding It's been rumored that I died But I'm alive and well in Tennessee