Giant

Music-Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics-Paul Francis Webster, 1956
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Just like a sleeping giant 

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sprawling in the sun,

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In one great hand the Rio Grande

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In the other, Galveston.

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Where oil wells laugh at angels

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And buzzards wheel above,

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This, then, is Texas--

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Lone Star State of Texas.

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This, then, is Texas--Land I love.

verse 2
My ma was born in Dallas, Father in Ft. Worth.
You can bet your boots I got my roots
In the good old Texas earth.
Just see the silver dollars
Falling from above.
This, then, is Texas--Lone Star State of Texas
This, then, is Texas--Land I love.

verse 3
God made these lonely acres where I ride alone,
But the devil cursed this land with thirst
And he bleached it like a bone.
One day a wild tronato
Next a gentle dove.
This, then, is Texas--Lone Star State of Texas
This, then, is Texas--Land I love

James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor starred in this movie. Dean was killed in an auto accident shortly before it was released.

A favorite of many performers.