Ship My Body Back To Texas - Red Jenkins/Ed Bruce

Composed by：Ed Bruce/Baxter Black

Ship my body back to Texas if

I die out on the trail

I don't worry where they bury me

Just put me in the mail

Lay me down in cowtown where I'll never be alone

Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone

Lookin' for some greener grass

I left my lone star home

Put my trust in wanderlust

Struck out for parts unknown

I tried California where it's sunny all the time

But someone dug up all the gold in '49

Ship my body back to Texas

If I die out on the trail

I won't worry where they bury me

Just put me in the mail

Lay me down in cowtown where

I'll never be alone

Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone

I headed for Alaska

Where I thought I'd change my luck

But the nights are long and

Cold and lunch can cost a hundred bucks

They're shuttin' down the motor town

The lights at night aren't pretty

And you can't walk

The streets of New York City

So ship my body back to Texas

If I die out on the trail

I won't worry where they bury me

Just put me in the mail

Lay me down in cowtown where I'll never be alone

Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone

Ah bigger home

I spent my last ten dollars

Drinkin' rum down in the Keyes

I shipped aboard a freighter

And I've seen more than seven seas

'Cause one square mile of ocean

Looks just like the one next to it

If I could find my way back home

I'd do it

So ship my body back to Texas

If I die out on the trail

I won't worry where they bury me

Just put me in the mail

Lay me down in cowtown where I'll never be alone

Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone

Now plant me in the parking lot outside

The Astrodome

Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone