Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player
I heard from a friend you'd been messing around
With a cute little thing I'd been dating uptown
Well I don't know if I like that idea much
Well you'd better stay clear I might start acting rough
You out of town guys sure think you're real keen
Think all of us boys are homespun and green
But that's wrong my friend so get this through your head
We're tough and we're Texan with necks good and red
So it's Ki yi yippie yi yi
You long hairs are sure gonna die
Our American home was clean till you came
And kids still respected the president's name
And the eagle still flew in the sky
Hearts filled with national pride
Then you came along with your drug-crazy songs
Goddamit you're all gonna die
How dare you sit there and drink all our beer
Oh it's made for us workers who sweat spit and swear
The minds of our daughters are poisoned by you
With your communistic politics and them negro blues
Well I'm gonna quit talking and take action now
Run all of you fairies clean out of this town
Oh I'm dog tired of watching you mess up our lives
Spending the summertime naturally high
Texan Love Song - Elton John (Don't Shoot Me 8 of 10) (03:31)
TEXAN LOVE SONG Elton John Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player) (1973) I heard from a friend
you'd been messing around With a cute little thing I'd been dating uptown Well I don't know if I
like that idea much Well you'd better stay clear I might start acting rough You out of town guys
sure think you're real keen Think all of us boys here are homespun and green But that's wrong my
friend so get this through your head We're tough and we're Texan with necks good and red So it's Ki
yi ...
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I believe he's duetting with another person on this...possibly Dave Byron of Uriah Heep, who was also known to moonlight on these albums while struggling.