She?s a barmaid in a west Texas dance hall
She?s there ev?ry night till they close
And the cowboy?s pay for the jukebox
And she plays ?San Antonio Rose?

Well I know her life ain?t been easy
And the lines in her face say it all
But she still is a beautiful woman
In the lights of the Texas dance hall

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But she won?t sit down at your table
And I know that you can?t hold her hand
She won?t go home with you cowboy
She?s in love with a rodeo man

Well he?s hard and he?s scarred and he?s greyin?
And he?s stoned most all of the time
And he drinks at a dark corner table
And he waits there until closin? time