Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician from Ramsey, Illinois. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held the number one position on the Billboard charts for sixteen weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the No. 5 song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was No. 1 on the country chart that year.It can be heard during the opening credits of the 2006 movie Thank You for Smoking.
Tex Williams - That's What I Like About The West lyrics
Now a fella asked me the other day what I liked about the West
So I got together my arguments to prove that it's the best
I called the mayor, the chief of police, even the governor's home
To get the facts to back me up, and here's what they said on the phone:
We got buffalo, deer, T-bone steaks, fruits, fish, and fowl
Wine and grapes, figs and dates, a chamber-of-commerce smile
Liquid sunshine, legal moonshine, Reno, Frisco, Tahoe
Man, you name it, and if we ain't got it, we'll get it
That's what I like about the West
That's what I like about the West
You can prove that you're a man
Drinkin' fruit juice from a can
Ride 'em, cowboy; ride that pony west
You can take a gal to a picture show, but the place to build morale
Is to take her for a moonlight stroll behind the old corral
Things down there are rootin' an' tootin'; there's fightin' an' feudin' an' stuff
A prowlin' stranger can cause a shootin' for enough of a thing's enough
That's what I like about the West
That's what I like about the West
Steal a gal; they're on the loose
Steal a horse; you'll get the noose
Ride 'em cowboy; ride that pony west
I met a gal at a rodeo and we took a ride that night
We saw a stack of new-mown hay; man, you can see my plight
She said, "Let's set," so we smurred (?) an' purred, and fin'lly, to top it off
I got myself a mate for life; man, I just couldn't help myself
That's what I like about the West
That's what I like about the West
Get a ranch; start life anew
'Stead of pitchin' hay, pitch woo
Ride 'em cowboy; ride that pony west
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