Terry Lee Hale: Texas rose

HAND ME DOWN MY RIDING CAPE HAND ME DOWN MY BOOTS HAND ME DOWN THAT OLD ''44'' AND A ROPE THAT I CAN USE SADDLE UP THE CHESTNUT MARE CINCH HER DOWN REAL TIGHT ROLL ALL UP MY WINTER GEAR I'M LIVING HERE TONIGHT LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON I'LL RETURN WHEN I CAN I THINK YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW I'M GOING OUT TO FIND AND KILL A MAN I HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TIME HERE BOY SO I WANT YOU TO LISTEN CLOSE I'VE GOT TO DO THIS WHILE IT'S HOT AND HIS TRAII IS GETTING COLD YOUR MA'S NOT COMING BACK HERE SON SHE'S LYING UP THERE ON THE HILL THERE'S GOING TO BE A HOLE NOW IN OUR LIVES THAT TIME WON'T EVER FILL LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO I'M NOT ASKING YOUR FORGIVENESS I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH CHORUS: IT WAS JUST CHANCE I CAME BY LUKE I DON'T KNOW FOR IT WAS THEN I DID DISCOVER ANOTHER MAN WITH MY TEXAS ROSE I WISH I COULD TELL YOU BOY WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID FOR HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A TINKER FULL OF LIES CARELESSLY HID AND I LOVED THAT ROSE WITH AIL MY HEART THAT'S NOT A LIE LOOK AFTER YOUR SISTER SON I'M COUNTING ON YOU FOR I HAVE MADE MYSELF A PROMISE AND I WILL DO WHAT I SET OUT TO DO CHORUS: I WILL REMEMBER ALWAYS AND I WILI BURN I SUPPOSE FOR I HAVE KILLED MY OWN TRUE LOVE MY ONE, MY TEXAS ROSE YES, HE KNOWS I'M COMING FOR HIM BUT THERE'S NOWHERE HE CAN HIDE THAT I AM NOT SURE TO FOLLOW THOUGH IT MAY MEAN MY LIFE BUT IF GOD'S WLLLING SON I WILL RETURN BUT I'VE GOT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT IT WILL BE COLDLY MEASURED JUSTICE AN EYE FOR AN EYE CHORUS: AND SO I MUST FOLLOW NOW I MUST GO BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THE LOVE OF OUR TEXAS ROSE AND IF I COULD I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT A MAN SHALL REAP WHAT HE SOWS AND SO HE WILL DISCOVER WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE MY TEXAS ROSE