Caught me a red-eye flight out of Houston Found me a window seat with a view Headed out west for South California One Titos in, I´m thinkin´ ´bout you
In that little border town Where the desert glows gold When the sun goes down My head´s thirty thousand feet in the clouds Knowin´ twenty minutes from now
I´ll be somewhere over Laredo Dreamin´ about those rodeo nights Laid there on the banks of the Rio New silver buckle on your jeans next to mine Couple wrong for each other Lonestar-crossed lovers Born to get gone from the get-go But you´re on my mind every time I´m chasin´ this neon rainbow Somewhere over Laredo
I´m flyin´ high on a 737
Yeah, boy, I´m eye level with these stars You think I´d be five miles closer to Heaven But I reckon Heaven´s down there where you are
Do you stop and stare at the Texas sky Up in the air and wonder if I´m
Somewhere over Laredo? Dreamin´ about those rodeo nights Laid there on the banks of the Rio New silver buckle on your jeans next to mine Couple wrong for each other Lonestar-crossed lovers Born to get gone from the get-go But you´re on my mind every time I´m chasin´ this neon rainbow Somewhere over Laredo
Where the blackbirds fly Once in a lullaby For a second, I´m still yours And you´re still mine
Somewhere over Laredo Dreamin´ about those rodeo nights Laid there on the banks of the Rio New silver buckle on your jeans next to mine Couple wrong for each other Lonestar-crossed lovers Born to get gone from the get-go But you´re on my mind every time I´m chasin´ this neon rainbow Somewhere over Laredo