Waves of Galveston

Leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can
 Cause you've been hid behind the seawall, gently folded in the sand
 Papa left you for Heaven after your Mama lost her song
 And though your baby left you for
 Houston, no one stays there very long
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 There's a graveyard by the pizza parlor, a gate that only closes
 Snowbirds fly away like secrets no one really wants to know
 The climbing moon's always shining on the kind of shells you keep
 The broken horse tied to the water tower's running in his sleep
 It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall
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 It's too bad Texas leans to the least of us all
 And says, "If you can make the music then you can have the dance
 If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants"
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 So leave the waves of Galveston but only if you can
 Cause it's the only place the Lone Star kind have offered you a hand
 Your baby left you nothing but a dog she left for dead
 You never knew you were a burden til it hit you on the head
 It's too bad that you ain't got a soft place to fall
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 It's too bad Texas leans to the least in us all
 And says, "If you can make the music then you can have the dance
 If you can shoot the pistol then you can wear the pants"