Drew Womack - Fastest Way To Texas lyrics

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She was still in Ontario when I headed down Thunder Bay<br />

I stopped off for gas in St. Paul and it got me through all of IA<br />

Yeah, she really made me mad this time and I had to get away<br />

So I was Texas bound just like that, and Texas I'd stay<br />

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In a Kansas City bar off of I-35<br />

I stopped off for directions to make up for lost time<br />

Said I was looking for the fastest way to Texas tonight<br />

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A man on a stool by himself started giving me advice<br />

He said, I know the shortcuts, cause that interstate, it messed up my life.<br />

It was San Antonio, it was the middle of the night<br />

She knew I was all wrong, but she didn't want to fight<br />

So I jumped in my car and I drove out of her sight<br />

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The way I get back is, son, I... <br />

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Walk up, sit down and buy myself a double, then<br />

The whole time I'm there, that's when I crumble<br />

And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears<br />

And that's the fastest way to Texas from here<br />

The fastest way to Texas from here<br />

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He went on to tell me all the things along the way that remind him of her<br />

That's why he won't go back the same way, cause of how much it hurts<br />

He said, light conversation can lead anywhere<br />

From football to baseball to how life just ain't fair<br />

But in this part of this bar we don't like to go there<br />

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But if you really want to know I just... <br />

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Walk up, sit down and buy myself a double, then<br />

The whole time I'm there, that's when I crumble<br />

And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears<br />

And that's the fastest way to Texas from here<br />

The fastest way to Texas from here<br />

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Well, it's my way<br />

Or the highway... <br />

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(Lap Steel and Lead Guitar Solos)<br />

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Well, he stumbled his way through his life, through the pain and regret<br />

He said, take a look at that old car outside, cause it's all I have left<br />

And let me say one last thing, before you hit the road<br />

And buy you a round, propose a toast<br />

To the one man in this bar who knows who I hurt the most<br />

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And I guess I got it then cause I just... <br />

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Walked up, sit down and bought us both a double, then<br />

The whole time we were there, that's when I crumble<br />

And it's whiskey, not the highway, that drives me to tears<br />

And that's the fastest way to Texas from here<br />

The fastest way to Texas from here<br />

The fastest way to Texas from here, yes it is<br />

Yes it is, baby... <br />

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She was still in Ontario and I headed up Thunder Bay...