[Verse 1] Now gather round, you drifters Pull your bedrolls to the flame I'll tell you of a mountain of a man And how he earned his name He stood near seven foot of thunder Shoulders broad as any barn Could shake your hand like a handshake From the good Lord's own right arm But he never drew a pistol Never raised a fist in spite He'd just smile down from the doorway And make a little man polite [Chorus] Everything's bigger in Texas That's what the old folks say Bigger hats and bigger cattle Bigger debts you never pay But there's a hole out in the badlands Where the prairie grasses grow And the biggest man in Texas Ain't got nowhere left to go [Verse 2] He bought a hundred acres Then a thousand more besides Built a house with forty bedrooms And a staircase twice as wide Had a bathtub made of silver Had a table long as town Had a bed that took six cowboys Just to turn the blankets down He bought the biggest horse in Dallas Had the biggest boots in town Had a belt buckle like a dinner plate And a crown of solid brown [Chorus] Everything's bigger in Texas That's what the old folks say Bigger barns and bigger fortunes Bigger things that get in the way But there's a hill out past the cattle Where the limestone's split in two And the biggest man in Texas Couldn't fit his house there too [Verse 3] Then he hired a hundred fellows Put them hammering through the night Raised a tower over Texas Said it'd reach the stars outright Put a ballroom on the upper floor A cellar ten below And a front door tall as heaven So the angels wouldn't stoop Well, the ground was getting restless And the pillars groaned like cattle But he ordered more stone brought in Said, "A little more'll settle that" Then the whole damn thing came tumbling Like a thunderhead come down And the biggest man in Texas Went to ground without a sound [Bridge] Now they say beneath the rubble There's a knocking when it rains Like a giant trying to get up With a mountain on his frame Some say it's just the timber Some say it's the shifting stone But if you hear him ask for something bigger Best leave that man alone [Final Chorus] Everything's bigger in Texas Even ghosts out on the plain There's a shadow by the ruins And a giant in the rain He'll offer you a fortune He'll offer you a throne But the biggest man in Texas Still can't lift what's on his bones [Outro] So if you build yourself a mansion If you buy yourself a crown If you find the whole world wanting And you can't stop piling on Remember that old giant When the moon hangs hard and low Everything's bigger in Texas Even what can bury you below.
