| T for Texas, T for Tennessee
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| T for Texas, T for Tennessee
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| T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me
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| Oh-del-lay-ee oh, lay-ee eh, lay-ee
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| If you don’t want me mama, you sure don’t have to stall, oh Lord
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| If you don’t want me mama, you sure don’t have to stall
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| 'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul
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| Oh-del-lay-ee oh, lay-ee eh, lay-ee
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| I’m gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I’m tall, Lord Lord
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| I’m gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I’m tall
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| I’m gonna shoot poor Thelma just to see her jump and fall
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| Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
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| I’m goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine, sing 'em boy sing 'em
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| Lord I’m goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine
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| 'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine
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| Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
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| I’m gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny barrel
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| Gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny barrel
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| I’m gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal
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| Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
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| Rather drink muddy water sleep in a holler log
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| Rather drink muddy water sleep in a holler log
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| Than to be in Atlanta treated like a dirty dog
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| Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee |