If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band)

Album: Roll On (1984)
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  • If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band
    That lead guitar is hot
    But not for "Louisiana man"
    So rosin up that bow for "faded love"
    And let's all dance
    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band

    I remember down in Houston
    We were puttin' on a show
    When a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled
    "Cotton-Eyed Joe"

    He said, "We love what you're doin'
    Boys don't get us wrong
    There's just somethin' missin' in your song"

    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band
    That lead guitar is hot
    But not for "Louisiana man"
    So rosin up that bow for "faded love"
    And let's all dance
    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band

    So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight
    Them Texans raised the roof when Jeff opened up his case
    You say y'all all want to two-step, you say ya want to doe-si-doe
    Well, here's a fiddlin' song before we go

    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band
    That lead guitar is hot
    But not for "Louisiana man"
    So rosin up that bow for "faded love"
    And let's all dance
    If you're gonna play in Texas,
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band

    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band
    That lead guitar is hot
    But not for "Louisiana man"
    So rosin up that bow for "faded love"
    And let's all dance
    If you're gonna play in Texas
    You gotta have a fiddle in the band Writer/s: Danny Joe Mitchell, Danny Mitchell, Murry Kellum
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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