If You Ever Go To Houston

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If you ever go to Houston 
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Better walk right 
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Keep your hands in your pockets 
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And your gun belt tight 

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If you’re asking for trouble 
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If you’re looking for a fight 
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If you ever go to Houston 
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Boy, you better walk right 

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If you're ever down there 
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On back near Lamar 
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You better watch out for 
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The man with the shining star 

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Better know where you're going 
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Or stay where you are 
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If you’re ever down there 
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On back near Lamar 
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Well I know these streets 
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I’ve been here before 
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I nearly got killed here 
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During the Mexican War 

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Something always 
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Keeps me coming back for more 
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I know these streets 
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I’ve been here before 

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If you ever go to Dallas 
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Say hello to Mary Ann 
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Say I’m still looking along the trigger 
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Hanging on the best I can 

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If you see her sister Lucy 
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Say I’m sorry I’m not there 
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Tell her other sister Betsy 
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to pray the sinner's prayer 

I got a restless fever  
burnin' in my brain 
Got to keep right forward,  
can't spoil the game 

The same way I'll leave here 
 will be the way that I came 
Got a restless fever 
 burnin' in my brain 

Mister policeman,  
can you help me find my gal? 
Last time I saw her  
was at the Magnolia Motel 

If you help me find her,  
you can be my pal 
Mister policeman, can you help me  
find my gal? 

If you ever go to Austin,  
Fort Worth or San Antone 
Find the barrooms I got lost  
in and send my memories home 

Put my tears in a bottle,  
screw the top on tight 
If you ever go to Houston,  
boy you'd better walk right