Magnolia Tree

I TOOK MY DADDY DOWN TO TEXAS

A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE HE PASSED

I KNEW HE'D NEVER MAKE THE DRIVE ALONE

HE THANKED ME AS THE FIELDS OF CORN ROLLED PASSED

AS WE ROLLED ALONG ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY

WE SANG EVERY POOR BOY SONG HE EVER KNEW

HE SAID SON WHEN YOU FINALLY GET ME DOWN TO TEXAS

THERE'S JUST ONE THING I REALLY NEED TO DO

IT'S DOWN ALONG THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 7

BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND THE COUNTY LINE

IS A MAGNOLIA TREE NO FINER GROWN IN HEAVEN

A MEMORY OF IT ALWAYS TREATS ME KIND

AND THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO SPEND MY TIME

AFTER A FEW DAYS WE FINALLY ARRIVED

WE COULDN'T FIND THE TREE AT FIRST

AND I HOPED IT WAS STILL ALIVE

SO WE DROVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TO LONELY TOWNS

AND I SAW HIS DISAPPOINTMENT GROW

WHEN THE TREE COULD NOT BE FOUND

SO, I WENT TO THE COUNTY CLERK AND I ASKED HIM

NEXT TO THE SABINE RIVER ON A HILL

IS THE PLACE MY DADDY GREW UP AND STILL CONSIDERS HOME

AND IF YOU CAN'T HELP ME TAKE THERE I WILL

IT'S DOWN ALONG THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 7

BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND THE COUNTY LINE

A MAGNOLIA TREE NO FINER GROWN IN HEAVEN

A MEMORY OF IT ALWAYS TREATS HIM KIND

AND THAT IS WHERE HE WANTS TO SPEND MY TIME

WELL ANYWAY, WE FINALLY MADE IT

AND THERE IT STOOD AS TALL AS THE SKY

AND UNDERNEATH THAT TREE MY DADDY AND ME

GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE HE DIED

IT'S DOWN ALONG THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 7

BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND THE COUNTY LINE

A MAGNOLIA TREE NO FINER GROWN IN HEAVEN

AND THAT IS WHERE HE WANTS TO SPEND HIS TIME

IT'S DOWN ALONG THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 7

BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND THE COUNTY LINE

A MAGNOLIA TREE NO FINER GROWN IN HEAVEN

AND THAT IS WHERE HE WANTS TO SPEND HIS TIME

NOW THAT HE'S GONE

I'LL TAKE HIS ASHES HOME

A MAGNOLIA TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 7