Blue Hills of Texas

Every time it turns to spring and I hear that mockingbird sing
And the prickly pears are in bloom there's a part of me
Longs to be in the blue hills of Texas

'Cause when those bonnets are blooming wide, well they're bluer than the April sky
When those hills roll by in waves I can see her and those long lost days
In the blue hills of Texas, in the blue hills of Texas

I romanced her till the morning when we drove to Austin on a whim
We stayed drunk in San Antonio, that's where she told me, though, about him
It's so hard to pretend in the blue hills of Texas

She was married and so alone, I was barely on my own
As she turned to apologize, that's when I learned to compromise
In the blue hills of Texas, in the blue hills of Texas

Now I'm driving down caliche roads and the white dust tastes like home
There's a thrill I hope I'll never lose, knowing I'll never choose
To be far from these hills of Texas
I'll never leave the these blue hills of Texas
'Cause my heart is full of Texas
And my soul will never leave the hills of Texas