cow town

donald swan, he was a millionaire, from a texas oil family, but he still worked hard and believed in god, he was a man of integrity, he went to france on business, met a woman there named simone, she saw love in the eyes of the american guy, and she didn't like to be alone, now it's a cow town, it's a cow town, for simone swann, living on the buffalo bayou, she packed up all her perfume, for the gusty pioneer, on a carefree note he said, "forget your coat, there's a chill about every ten years", so they flew hand in hand to houston, home of exxon, gulf and shell, he said we have an income bigger than france, we all think that's swell, he loved her french accent, and her knowledge of the arts, and she, for one, had always fancied, having a millionaire sweetheart, so they got married up in dripping springs, flew her mama in from cannes, she said: "what kind of romance could make, my baby leave france, donald must be some kind of don juan", now she thinks about france and the nightlife there, and it's cafes and bistros, donald, a hard working, simple man, likes to see the livestock shows, and when he's not off on business, he's off checkin' out cows and pigs, and she gets weary on a twelve mile prairie, starin' at the drilling rigs, now it's a cow town, it's a cow town, for simone swann, living on the buffalo bayou