I've been stuck here in Lonesome Texas Nothin' to my name but a locket chain and a cotton dress But I'm leavin' on a train to Nashville And the lonesome desperado who left me in this mess Oh the west is getting way too wild For this Appalachian Mountain child No more rodeo riders They just saddle up and ride out of town His heart is just like the desert Not a drop of love to be found in Lonesome Town There ain't no place for a wildwood flower In the state where the yellow rose is the object of desire So I sit here and count the hours Till I get to the place that takes my soul just a little bit higher That cowboy got the best of me This girl is headed back to Tennessee Oh oh no more rodeo riders... Oh oh no more rodeo riders... No more rodeo riders... Ooh such a lonesome town No more rodeo riders ride out of town His heart is just like the desert