Y'all come back now
That's what the sign said
But it's been too long
I ain't been back yet
I don't wanna find out
You movin' on since I been gone
We were better in a memory
Maybe the best of me is still in Abilene
You said that I'd forget you
But you were wrong

I'm in a Lone Star state of mind
Blue as an Amarillo sky
I must've made the Red River rise
Cryin' all the way to the other side
And I got a good thing in Tennessee
But there'll always be a part of me
That never made it 'cross the state line
Oh, I'm in a Lone Star state of mind

Our little hometown couldn't hold me
And then I lost you chasing my dreams
I guess everything's bigger in Texas
Even all of my regrets

I'm in a Lone Star state of mind
Blue as an Amarillo sky
I must've made the Red River rise
Cryin' all the way to the other side
And I got a good thing in Tennessee
But there'll always be a part of me
That never made it 'cross the state line
Oh, I'm in a Lone Star state of mind

And all these lonely miles between us
And just as many lonely days
Lord we both had our good reasons
And I know you just had to stay

Now I'm in a Lone Star state of mind
Blue as an Amarillo sky
I must've made the Red River rise
Cryin' all the way to the other side
And I got a good thing in Tennessee
But there'll always be a part of me
That never made it 'cross the state line
Oh, I'm in a Lone Star state of mind

Whoa I'm in a Lone Star state of mind