Last night I had me a nightmare
Dreamed that Texas was burning down
And all those people, I'd grown up to love
Were leavin' town

So I cried oh-whoa Moses, bring a flood from the Red, Red sea
Bring back Towns Van Zandt and my heroes back to me
'Cause I can play these songs but it ain't the way they do
Ain't the way they do
I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, it was a Nightmare

Buddy Holly, was riding on the wind
Stevie Ray, he was too
But when there star comes tumblin' to the ground
Not a thing all the king's horses, and all the king's men could do
Me, I just got my ol' barstool
And man it's burning me down. (burnin' me down)
Just like a brushfire, that burns all through the night
One of these days I'm gonna, one of these days I'm gonna burn on out

So I cried oh-whoa Moses, bring a flood from the Red, Red sea
Bring back Towns Van Zandt and my heroes back to me
'Cause I can play these songs but it ain't the way they do
Ain't the way they do
I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, it was a Nightmare

I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, oooo-ooh