The Ides of Texas(And Don't Fence Me In)-Chad Mitchell Trio

[ti:The Ides of Texas (And Don't Fence Me In)] [ar:Chad Mitchell Trio] [al:Green Grow the Lilacs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ides of Texas(And Don't Fence Me In) - Chad Mitchell Trio [00:03.38]Written by：N.Martin/Cole Porter/Fred Ebb [00:06.76]Some of America's most beautiful ballads [00:08.96] [00:10.05]Come from the land of the sagebrush and sun [00:12.67] [00:13.24]The great southwest [00:14.68] [00:16.11]You've heard how us folks down in Texas [00:20.78] [00:21.61]Boast of our home in the west [00:25.80] [00:26.56]You've heard us a sayin' in Texas [00:31.76]That things are the biggest and best [00:36.08] [00:37.10]Well a few months ago in the papers [00:41.86] [00:42.36]A fabulous story come out [00:47.57]Which proves that us folks down in Texas [00:52.57] [00:53.11]Know what we're talking about [00:57.31] [00:58.61]Here's to a guy with a big Texas smile [01:04.59] [01:05.42]Who knows what it means to have real Texas style [01:11.62] [01:12.59]Here's to a fella who couldn't think small [01:18.63] [01:19.58]Here's to the biggest embezzler of all [01:25.76] [01:26.91]Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you son [01:29.37] [01:29.88]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie [01:31.89] [01:32.72]You had to be Texan to do what you done [01:36.12]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol [01:38.92]While other kids saved up their nickels and dimes [01:41.91]For jellybeans liq'rice and fudge [01:44.35] [01:45.02]Well Billie saved too [01:46.47]And when he had enough [01:48.22]He bought him a federal judge [01:50.57] [01:51.41]While still in his teens he was very perplexed [01:54.59]As to what field his fortune was hid [01:56.81] [01:57.57]His uncle suggested he go into steel [02:00.75]And that's just what Billie boy did [02:03.03] [02:03.83]Billie Sol Estes that boy really cooks [02:07.10]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie [02:09.07] [02:09.88]He had one shining purpose [02:11.67]And two sets of books [02:13.33]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol [02:15.78] [02:16.29]There once was a senator bill tried to bribe [02:19.50]So bill had a wonderful notion [02:21.44]What a friend we have [02:23.98]He sent him a yacht but that wasn't enough [02:27.26]So Billie boy threw in an ocean [02:29.59] [02:30.62]Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you mate [02:33.69]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie [02:35.66] [02:36.53]It's hombres like you that make Texas so great [02:39.88]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol [02:42.54] [02:44.00]B is for the billions he's been bilkin' [02:48.58] [02:49.14]Good ole billion bilkin' Billie [02:51.34] [02:51.84]I is to indemnify his loss [02:55.73]They use a lot of ammonia up there Billie [02:57.78]That's why they call it the white house [02:59.65]L is for the loans from Uncle Sammy [03:03.83] [03:04.38]Why thank ye cousin orville [03:06.40]Then double l just like in double cross [03:11.13] [03:14.43]I is for the interest he's accruin' [03:18.73]Praise the Lord and pass the fertilizer Billie [03:21.74]E is for the eggheads he outsmarts [03:26.36] [03:26.98]Put them all together you've got Billie Sol [03:32.43] [03:32.96]Whose initials are emblazed on our hearts [03:36.71] [03:37.50]B. S. [03:40.06] [03:41.56]Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you boy [03:44.57]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie [03:46.53] [03:47.13]Next to you Jimmy Hoffa is Lord Fauntleroy [03:50.57]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol [03:53.10]Now they're gonna take Billie away to the clink [03:56.43]And the way things look now it appears [03:58.82] [03:59.44]For all of the wheelin' and dealin' he's done [04:02.46]He'll get three thousand four hundred years [04:06.81] [04:12.85]And the day they lead old Billie away [04:16.56] [04:18.34]Why each Texan will take off his hat [04:21.41] [04:23.72]For who but a Texan [04:25.00] [04:25.54]In all this wide world [04:27.14] [04:28.01]Could pull down a sentence like that [04:30.52] [04:31.20]Billie Sol Estes you're really a doll [04:34.29]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie [04:36.29] [04:37.02]There's Houston and Crockett [04:38.79]And now Billie Sol [04:41.52]And remember Billie boy [04:42.95]We're behind you all the way [04:44.71]Me and Ladybug [04:45.89]Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Sol Estes