I Like Texas........

[lifesaver]

I am all for the texas songs, but I feel that we should stop for a moment and pay due honor. I dont think the song is performed NEARLY enough.

Genlemen, remove your caps and place them over your chest, held in your right hand, facing the flag.

Ladies and gentlemen place your right hand over your left breast, facing the flag.

Non-residents will also stand, but not place their hands over their hearts, facing the flag.


"Texas, Our Texas"
William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright:

Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!
Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev'ry test
O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far,
Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes, we come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

[chopper816]

gotta love these songs, especially I like texas, i have that in my car right now! Pat Green is one of the most underrated country artists out there in my opinion! oh, and dont mess with texas!!!!!

[SATX*APhi]

I KNEW my fellow Texans would back me up!! Thanks everyone!

Here's one more. I hope this never comes true!



"Nightmare"
By: Pat Green


Last night I had me a nightmare
Dreamed that Texas was burning down, burning down
And all them people, I had grown up to love
Leaving town

So I cried "Oh Holy Moses, bring blood to the Red Red Sea
Bring back Townes Van Zandt, and my heroes back to me
Because I can play their songs, but it ain't they way they do
It ain't they way they do."

I had a nightmare, a nightmare, it was a nightmare.

Buddy Holly was riding on the wind
Stevie Ray, well he was too
When their star, come tumbling to the ground
Wasn't a thing that all the king's horses
And all the king's men could do

Me I've just got my ol' bar stool
And man it's burning me down, burning me down
Just like a brush fire, that burns on through the night
One of these days I'm just going
These days I'm going to burn on out

So I cried "Oh Holy Moses, bring blood to the Red Red Sea
Bring back Townes Van Zandt, and my heroes back to me
Because I can play their songs, but it ain't they way they do
It ain't they way they do."

I had a nightmare, a nightmare, it was a nightmare.

I had a nightmare, a nightmare, it was a nightmare.

[lifesaver]

Originally posted by adduncan
LOL!!!

This was fun.

OK--unofficial Best Things in Texas poll.

Best beer joint: The Ginger Man in Rice Village (Houston)

Best place to get lost: Big Bend Park (not at the peak of summer, tho.....)

Best convenient place to see native wildlife: I-35 south of San Antonio (*live* armadillos, and hang out for the butterfly migration in October)

Best "whattheheckisthat" attraction: The giant statue of Sam Houston just north of Huntsville.

Anybody else?

Adrienne

My short list:

Best Texas Band:
Reckless Kelly

Best BBQ Joint:
Rudy's BBQ

Best Live Music Venue:
Gruene Hall

Best Dancehall:
Gruene Hall

Best Icehouse:
Floore's Country Store

Best Way to waste an afternoon:
Floating the Guadalupe between 3rd river crossing and Gruene, but only if its flowing at 200cfs or better. If its below, just from the 2nd to Gruene.

Best way to get away from it all:
Drive down 16 to Bandera, go to Bandera City Park, park and walk the lenght of the river near the rope swings. Almost always deserted.

Best way to experience Old Texas:
Saturday night dances at Garner State Park

Best drive to clear your mind:
Highway 46
Scenic Loop Road to Toutant Beaurgard to Boerne.

Best Beach: JP Luby State Park

Best Drive to hall ass, going 110mph w/out fear of getting caught:
US Highway 77 from Kingsville to Harlingen. (90 miles w/out going through a town, or even seeing a gas station)

Best free show:
Bats on the Congress Street bridge in Austin.

Fastest Drivers:
Dallas

Best strip of Clubs:
Upper Greenville Avenue-Dallas,
Lower Greenville Avenue - Dallas
6th Street - Austin

Best City Park:
Zilker Park - Austin

Best Place to feel lost:
Loving County (Most Sparsly Populated County in the US)

Best day trip:
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Best natural Feature:
Enchanted Rock

Best city-wide festival:
Fiesta - San Antonio (Oysterbake, NIOSA, Battle of Flowers Parade, CASCARONES)

Most Romantic Scene:
Riverwalk during Christmas - San Antonio

Best weather:
Rio Grande Valley - (80 degree winters, hasnt snowed there since 1896, not 1986, 1896)


Just my list with a Central Texas bias....

First of all, Lifesaver, Props for Texas, Our Texas!! i LOVE singing it before A&M home football games. I almost posted it myself but went with "The Road.." for sentimental reasons. It was my SR class song in HS, and well, REK is an Aggie

and lifesaver, as a hill country boy myself, i agree with your "bests" except for one.

Best Beer Joint

The Dixie Chicken.

If you've never been, you gotta go at LEAST once

Kitso
KS 361 times i've sang, "Texas Our Texas, all hail the mighty State!!"

[carnation]

This native Houstonian desperately misses Texas. When I get really homesick, I go to this website.

www.lsjunction.com/midi/songs.htm

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by lifesaver


Best BBQ Joint:
Rudy's BBQ

Rudy's is soooo good! Ever heard of Joe Cotton's BBQ? It's a place over here in the outskirts of Corpus, closer to Robstown. Their BBQ is really, really good but has gone down in the recent years. Rudy's is a new fav! When I was in San Antonio last, I had to visit Rudy's. How could I not?

Originally posted by lifesaver

Best way to experience Old Texas:
Saturday night dances at Garner State Park

Oh my gosh!! Those are SOOO much fun!! Don't forget the miniature golf course that is right next door. Aww, I love Garner!

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by Hootie
Texas would be even better if my ex weren't living there!

ALL MY EXES LIVE IN TEXAS

Carnation, thanks for posting that site!

[mmcat]

although the rest of the state sometimes doesn't claim us...

best rolled tacos: chicos, all over el paso
best way to get to mexico: take the trolley over the border to juarez. very little wait. no strangeness with the vehicle.
best hamburgers: roscoes....one of a kind.
best bar close to utep: cincinatti club
best bar that everyone knows about, but no one admits to: incredibles
best casino that one was, but isn't now, or at least in a much diminished sense: speaking rock.
place students most often caught making whopee: canal banks and cotton fields near school

good thread...good for a giggle.

[texas*princess]

ooooooooh yes Texas rocks my world !

[KappaTarzan]

adpi ally- i'm probably gonna be in northern CA... too many people in southern

Kitso, SATX- shine and i will be down asap hehehehe

[queequek]

Have you seen "Serving Sara"? It is definitely TEXAS.
I like Texas. Go Texas.

[SATX*APhi]

Yay!! I love how there are some non-Texans who just love Texas!

[ADPi~Ally]

Originally posted by KappaTarzan
adpi ally- i'm probably gonna be in northern CA... too many people in southern

Kitso, SATX- shine and i will be down asap hehehehe

Where in nor cal? I live by Sacramento. Sacramento is not a bad area. It's growing a lot. You can live in the country like where I live and be only 30 minutes from Sac. The Rocklin and Roseville areas are really nice places. Let me know if u need some ideas, etc...

Ally

[houstonchica]

Everyone should go to Texas at least once in their lifetime.

I miss you Texas!!!!