All my ex's live in Texas, 
And Texas is a 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, 
And sweet Ilene's in Abilene; she forgot I hung the moon, 
And Allison in Galveston somehow lost her sanity, 
And Dimples who now lives in Temple's got the law lookin’ for me. 
 [bad word] 
All my ex's live in Texas, 
And Texas is a 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. 
And it brings to mind another time where I wore my [bad word] thin. 
My transcendental meditation, I go there each night, 
But I [bad word] back to myself long before daylight. 
 [bad word] 
All my ex's live in Texas, 
And Texas is a 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. 

Some folks think I'm hidin', 
It's [bad word] that I died, 
But I'm alive and well in Tennessee.