Dallas

Alan Jackson, Keith Stegall

"I had just had a hit with 'Here In The Real World' and we were down in Dallas
playing Billy Bob's. The crowd was great - really excited. We'd never had a reaction
like that. We finally had to pack it up and on the way back we were all saying how we
wished we didn't have to go. We wished Dallas would be in Tennessee when we got
home.
I wrote it down and came up with the song a little while later."

Dallas packed her suitcase
And drove off in the brand new car I bought her
She made leaving me look easy
I wish she'd make it look a little harder
I took her out of Texas
When she was just a girl
But old Tennessee and me
Couldn't take Texas out of her

Chorus

Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee
If I could move Texas east
Then she'd be here with me
Then nothin' else could come between the two of us
If Dallas was in Tennessee


By now she's leaving Memphis
And everything we had behind her
Lord I hope the gold band on her hand
Will serve as a reminder
That true love is a treasure
That's very seldom found
But you can't stay together if there's no common ground

(Chorus)

Oh if Dallas was in Tennessee

Dallas packed her suitcase...
And drove off in the brand new car I bought her