I thought I'd lost my mind
I thought I must be dead
I thought I was in Texas
But it was Arkansas instead

Walking in the rain
Or raining in the walk
When you're in Texarkana
You gotta talk the talk

I got the Texarkana blues
The Texarkana blues
One way or the other brother
You're gonna have to choose

The bar was full of farmers
Who never plowed a field
And funny cornfed honeys
Who took a lot to yield

And when I stood to go
I didn't have no pants
That's when the waitress said
Baby do you wanna dance ?

I got the Texarkana blues
The Texarkana blues
One way or the other brother
You're gonna have to choose
So if you been the same
Halfway to insane
Half in Arkansas
And Texas once a gain

Remember to be wary
And don't be so confused
It ain't so very scary
Them Texarkana blues

I got the Texarkana blues
The Texarkana blues
One way or the other brother
You're gonna have to choose

You better say ok
You better not refuse
Because you are the bait
You're in the hands of fate
And boy can I relate to
The Texarkana blues