Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee<br />
Give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee<br />
Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me<br />
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If you don't want me baby, mama, you sure don't got to stall<br />
If you don't want me baby, mama, you sure don't got to stall<br />
And I've had more pretty women than a passenger train can haul<br />
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I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel<br />
I'm gonna buy myself a shotgun, one with a long shiny barrel<br />
I'm gonna shoot myself a rounder, oh, that stole away my gal<br />
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I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log<br />
I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log<br />
Than to be in Atlanta, Georgia, treat me like a dirty dog<br />
I don't have to go for that<br />
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If you don't want me baby, mama, you sure don't got to stall<br />
If you don't want me baby, mama, you sure don't got to stall<br />
And I've had more pretty women than a passenger train can haul<br />
That ain't all<br />
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I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log<br />
I'd rather drink your muddy water, sleep down in a hollow log<br />
Than to be in Atlanta, Georgia, treated like a dirty dog<br />
<br />
Oh, give me a T for Texas, give me a T for Tennessee<br />
Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me<br />
Give me a T for Texas, give me that T for Tennessee<br />
Give me a T for Thelma, woman made a fool out of me<br />
One more time<br />
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Give me a T for Thelma, oh, that woman made a fool<br />
I said oh, that woman made a fool out of me, yeah