She came from down there south of Lubbock Cotton fields and Texas wind We ran off to Corpus Christi Never did go back again We took some money and my guitar Stuck out our thumbs looked back and smiled Down along the coast of Texas Things went good there for a while We spent a month on Padre Island Drifted up to San Jose Worked awhile in Matagorda Hung around Galveston Bay We'd take our money and my guitar Laugh and sing away the miles Down along the coast of Texas Things went good there for awhile She started playing my old guitar Singing songs in some café Got forty dollars in her tip jar I ain't seen her since that day She took the money and my guitar Stuck out her thumb looked back and smiled Down along the coast of Texas Things went good there for awhile I don't mind about the guitar She played it better anyway And i understand about her leaving It's them old songs that pulled her away She took the money and my guitar But all I'm missing is her smile Down along the coast of Texas Things went good there for awhile