Owen Stroud, Clint Tomerlin

if everything goes south
down here where people are crowdin’ together
and we can’t make ends meet
to pay the premium for greener trees and cool rivers

who’s to say we can’t pack everything up
close out this chapter
find out just where the next is
like maybe West Texas

well you can’t say nothin’s going on out there
some kind of courage they cut from the air
and they know it ain’t the stuff of the American Dream
but they love it the same through the words that they sing
I can get behind those kinds of affections
so what’s out there in West Texas?

if we clear the slate
start again in a town where we don’t know a soul
ain’t gotta leave the state
just drive on a few hours up the road
well there’s nothin’ like distance to put love to the test
and the strongest connections are all that you’re truly left with
when you’re out in West Texas

well you can’t say nothin’s going on out there
some kind of courage they pump from the air
and they know it ain’t the stuff of the American Dream
but they love it the same through the words that they sing
I can get behind those kinds of affections
show me what’s out there in West Texas?

all my life I’ve stared down the road in the evenin’
wonderin’ what’d happen if for once I followed the sun
but I always turned in when I got to my neighborhood entrance
still I dreamed of West Texas
yeah I dreamed of West Texas

if everythin’ goes south
down here where people are crowdin’ together
who’s to say we can’t pack everything up
close out this chapter
find out just where the next is
like maybe West Texas