Swell San Angelo (Ernest Tubb)

An eastern city was once my home
Throughout the world this city is well known
And I thought it was the best
Until came out in the west
Found out what these folks knew all along

Out here where the lazy poncho flows
There dwells a town that’s known as Angelo
Where folks meet but seldom part
Unless they just don’t have a heart
That’s big enough for swell San Angelo

Chorus
Swell San Angelo
The grandest place I know
Now I have roamed this wide world o’er
Now I’ll never move no more
For I love you swell San Angelo

Here is where the people feel the same
They always call you right by your first name
And if you think you’re a big shot
You just won’t fit in with our lot
For we all are on an equal plane

A banker might where a diamond on his tie
But a haughty gleam is never in his eye
And when he grasps the cowboys hand
There’s they both understand
This is the place where friendship never dies

Chorus

Now we have cattle sheep and cotton too
And the sun is always shining through
We may not have a world of gold
But we got love deep in our soul
That’s what keeps us all from feeling blue

When you’re tired of the world and its woes
you’d like to give your heart a chance to grow
Just come on out here in the west
Then you’ll soon know all the rest
About the town of swell San Angelo