Exchanged insults, traded blows
and the wounds donât even show
youâre self-reliant, a perfect tyrant
I guess I always knew youâd never be my fire-hydrant
Well I knew this would end up like it did
At least we didnât have a kid
Iâm leaving behind this gray infested swamp
with its poisonous water snakes and itâs toxic golf course lakes
CHORUS:
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Itâs not the humidity, itâs the humanity
itâs not the insensitivity, itâs the insanity
Corpus Christi, Texas City
I remember wishing I was dead
Like the peanut shells on the floor of the Ruby Redâs
A stranger in a strange land
a beautiful girl tugging on my hand
trying in vain to drain the water off my brain
CHORUS
A couple of hundred meals
and this is how it feels
Baylor and Rice and everything nice
Guess Iâll think about her maybe once or twice
Texas Cityyyyyyyy
Say goodbye to U-totemâs, say goodbye to Kroger
gonna fly the coup before I get much older
Cause I donât like clams and I donât like oysters
I donât like the locals when Iâm drunk and boisterous
I donât like the Astros and the Oilers are gone
Not even a reason to sing this song
about a town where you broke my heart
Itâs time for a brand new start
Texas City, Corpus Christi, Goodbye X 3
Iâm going back to California, back to California, Goodbye