People Up in Texas - Lyrics - Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. Jennings began playing guitar at 8 and began performing at 12 on KVOW radio. His first band was The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J. on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings's first recording session, of âJole Blonâ and âWhen Sin Stops .â Holly hired him to play bass. In Clear Lake, Iowa, Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-fated flight that killed Holly and others to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold. The day of the flight was later known as The Day the Music Died. Jennings then worked as a D.J. in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix. He formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors. He recorded for independent label Trend Records and A&M Records, before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control.

To the people up in Texas It's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth The lifestyle up in Texas Is just go on out and live for all it's worth. Where the men are all men And the ladies there are born with ways to please And the people up in Texas Think that the rest of all the world is over seas. You don't need no one to tell you When you cross that Texas line The air starts smellin' sweeter And the water tastes like wine. The sun is always shining So it's seldom ever cold People just grow up there Never old. You don't need no one to tell you When you cross that Texas line The air starts smellin' sweeter And the water tastes like wine. The sun is always shining So it's seldom ever cold People just grow up there Never old. The people up in Texas It's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth The lifestyle up in Texas Is just go on out and live for all it's worth. Where the men are all men And the ladies there are born with ways to please And the people up in Texas Think that the rest of all the world is over seas. Yeah, the people up in Texas Think that the rest of all the world is over seas...