If You Ever Go to Houston

If you ever go to Houston

Better walk right

Keep your hands in your pockets

And your gun belt tight

If you're asking for trouble

If you're looking for a fight

If you ever go to Houston

Boy, you better walk right

If you're ever down there

On back near Lamar

You better watch out for

The man with the shining star

Better know where you're going

Or stay where you are

If you're ever down there

On back near Lamar

Well I know these streets

I've been here before

I nearly got killed here

During the Mexican War

Something always

Keeps me coming back for more

I know these streets

I've been here before

If you ever go to Dallas

Say hello to Mary Ann

Say I'm still looking along the trigger

Hanging on the best I can

If you see her sister Lucy

Say I'm sorry I'm not there

Tell her other sister Nancy

To pray the sinner's prayer

I got a restless fever

Burnin' in my brain

Gotta 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 Anton'

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

Buddy, you'd better walk right