Cal Smith – She Talked A Lot About Texas

“She Talked a Lot About Texas”, a song written by Don Wayne, was recorded by Cal Smith for the MCA label on July 17, 1974, at Bradley’s Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN. With the production by Walter Haynes, the song was released on April 19, 1975, and on June 21, 1975, peaked at # 13 on the US Hot Country Songs charts, remaining on the charts for a total of 13 weeks. On the Canadian RPM Countrt tracks charts, it peaked at # 5.

The song was included on Cal Smith’s eleventh studio album, It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler (MCA 1975), the album was released in early 1975, and on March 15, 1975, peaked at # 8 on the charts of US Top Country Albums, remaining on charts, for a total of 12 weeks.

Cal Smith – She Talked A Lot About Texas Lyrics

She always wanted me to go to Texas
But I told her Texas ain’t no place for me
But to tell the truth I was too afraid of Texas
And a big wild Texas cowboy’s memory

She said everything was bigger and better in Texas
Mention Dallas and her face would start to glow
Fort Worth is where she met her second husband
She never did say why he let her go

She talked a lot about Texas
And the warm west wind blowing through her hair
She talked a lot about Texas
And by this time tomorrow she’ll be there

Monday night she came down with a fever
Tuesday she was babbling in her troubled sleep
She was crying and asking why he had to leave her
And Texas was the final breath she breathed

She talked a lot about Texas
And the warm west wind blowing through her hair
She talked a lot about Texas
And this time tomorrow she’ll be buried there