I'm going to San Marcos

where the skies are so bright

and the river now flows as gently

in the wink of an eye

Yeah I used to live there

where I'd smoke and dream

wondering what these hills looked

like before the fences came



Chorus:

Take me from the South Gulf lowlands

take me to a hill country fire

There's cowboys in Germany

at least they think so... at least they

think so



I love that southern cooking

it really sends me home

They say it's bound to kill you but they

really don't know

Yeah I've got some family

who've lived to 90 years

and they've been eating Southern fried

all through their years



Chorus



I'm going up to Austin

to see that friend of mine

we'll sit and talk all night long and

never know the time

just sittin' with our guitars and singin'

old songs

talkin' 'bout those old times and those

who've moved on



Chorus



Take me back to Houston where the

streets are so wide

I can stand on any corner and never

be asked why

No one here knows me, it's nice to

be alone

thinkin' 'bout what you're gonna do

when you get home



Take me to the South Gulf lowlands

put out your hill country fire

There's cowboys in Germany

at least they think so... at least they

think so



Take me to the lowlands

where the stars are city lights

The sun will burn you

faster than mosquitoes bite

and there are lots of people I've been

meanin' to see

they're all a wonderin' what I've been

a doin' with me



Take me to the South Gulf lowlands

put out yo