'T' for Texas,.... 'T' for Tennessee 'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennes-see 'T' for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me. O...la ..ee..oo la..ee..a la ..ee VERSE TWO If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall If you don't want me mama,.... you sure don't have to stall 'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul O...la ..ee..oo la..ee..a la ..ee VERSE THREE I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee VERSE FOUR Well, I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine 'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee VERSE FIVE I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shinny barrell I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shinny barrell I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee VERSE SIX I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log Than to be here in Atlanta, and get treated like a dirty dog O...la ..ee..a la..ee..oo la ..ee