Verse 1Jesus Never Left, He Lives In TexasSpends His Days Riding Fence On Open LandHe Moved Out Here The Spring Of 1880Somewhere Between The Red And Rio Grande.Verse 2That Summer He Had Lunch With Quanah ParkerThat Very Afternoon The Comanches Laid It DownA Thousand Years They Ruled The Southern PrairieEvery Dusty Rocky Mile Between The Red And Rio Grande.ChorusNow The Palo Duro Canyon Stands AloneRed Rock Spires Strewn With Bleached White BonesThe Settlers Spread From East To WestPlanting Gardens In The Burning SandSomewhere Between The Red And Rio GrandeVerse 3Doesn't Matter Where You're Born Its Where You Learn Your LessonsCrockett Was Here Three Months But He Earned His StarWe'll Judge You By Your Cows And Not Your StetsonIf Your Soul Yearns To Be Free Come Down To The Old Lone StarInstrumentalVerse 4I Took Off To Find My Fortune, I Was TwentyBut I Must Have Left My Heart On That Old NightstandWhen The Curtain Falls Spread Me Out In The Land Of PlentySomewhere Between The Red And Rio Grande.ChorusFrom San Jacinto To The Amarillo StarsThe Beaches Of The Gulf To The Austin Music BarsWhspering Ghosts Of Mexico Drift Across The Golden SandSomewhere Between The Red And Rio Grande.OutroJesus Never Left He Lives In TexasSpends His Days Riding Fence On The Open Land.