"Hello Texas" lyrics

Hello Texas how have you been?
Been reaching out like a warm summers wind
This Idaho boy sure could use a friend
So hello Texas, how you been?

Hello Texas have you heard my calls
Been screaming from up north on a Rocky Mountain wall
I reached out so far I thought I was sure to fall
And hello Texas, you heard my calls

No, I promise I won't take much of your time
I just want to burden you with a rhythm and a rhyme
And in the end, I'll tip my hat in hopes I've made a friend
Hello Texas, how you been?

Hello Texas man I made it pretty far
Thumbing on coal trains and cutting my teeth in smokey bars
And I call to you like I wish upon a star
Hello Texas I made it pretty far

No, I promise I won't take much of your time
I just want to burden you with a rhythm and a rhyme
And in the end, I'll tip my hat in hopes I've made a friend
Hello Texas, how you been?

Hello Texas can I stay here a while?
So hard to leave while I'm wearing a smile
I gotta lotta life to live before I'm an old dirt pile
So hello Texas can I say here a while?

No, I promise I won't take much of your time
I just want to burden you with a rhythm and a rhyme
And in the end, I'll tip my hat in hopes I've made a friend
Hello Texas, how you been?

In the end, I'll tip my hat and hope we meet again
Well hello Texas, how you been?