TORNADO TEX

CHORUS

TODAYS’ RODEO COWBOYS ARE ALL MIGHTY GOOD

YET ONE COWBOY STANDS ABOVE ALL ‘CAUSE HE SHOULD

HE FACED DEATH WHEN THE BRAVEST ALL BROKE AND RAN

THIS IS HIS STORY, TORNADO TEX THE MAN!

I WAS WORKING THE RODEO UP IN HOUSTON

WHEN I HEAR THIS ROAR LIKE A STAMPEDE SON

I NEAR SWALLOWED MY COFFEE INCLUDING MY CUP

‘CAUSE ALL AT ONCE THE SKY’S CHUTE OPENED UP!

DOWN CHARGED THIS TORNADO SNORTING IN THE AIR

A BULLISH WHIRLWIND WITH A KILLER STARE

INSTEAD OF ONE FUNNEL THIS TORNADO HAD TWO

HORNS OF DESTRUCTION COMING OUT OF THE BLUE

THOUSANDS OF KIDS WERE IN THE STANDS THAT DAY

ONLY TORNADO TEX STOOD IN THAT TORNADO’S WAY

QUICKER THAN LIGHTNING TEX TOSSED HIS LASSOE

THEN SWUNG ON ITS BACK, HE WAS A HERO’S HERO

REPEAT CHORUS

THAT TORNADO TWISTED, TURNED AND SPUN AROUND

ALMOST THROWING TORNADO TEX TO THE GROUND

TEX TURNED THAT TORNADO WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT

AWAY FROM THOSE KIDS ALL COWERING FROM FRIGHT

DIGGING IN HIS SPURS AND WITHOUT A SPECK OF FEAR

TEX RODE THAT TORNADO INTO THE ATMOSPHERE!

WITH A BIG HOOP AND A HOLLER TEX YELLED DOWN TO ALL

DON’T WORRY OR FRET ABOUT ME I’M HAVING A BALL

THIS IS BETTER THAN HORSES OR BULLS ANY DAY

I’M UP IN THE CLOUDS AND I’M HERE TO STAY

EACH TIME THAT TEXAS BLUE SKY TURNS STORMY

I MARVEL AT TORNADO TEX AND HIS BRAVERY!!

REPEAT CHORUS then repeat Tornado Tex the Man as song fades

Joe Pickering Jr. and Joe Terry Songwriters King of the Road Music BMI publisher and copyright owner C 1995