Dallas

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[Verse]
GDallas packed her suitcase
And dCrove off in the brand new car I boGught her
She made leaving me look easy
CI wish she'd made it look a little hGarder
I tDook her out of Texas
When sChe was just a girl
But old TenDnessee and me
Couldn't take TeCxas out of hDer
[Chorus]
On hoGw I wish DaCllas was in TenDnessee
If I could move TeCxas east
Then sheD'd be here with me
Then nothGing else would coCme between the tDwo of us
If DaCllas was iDn TeGnnessee
[Verse]
GBy now she's leaving Memphis
And everyCthing we had behGind her
Lord I hope the gold band on her hCand
Will serve as a remGinder
That trDue love is a treasure
That's veCry seldom found
But yDou can't stay together if theCre's no common groDund
[Chorus]
On hoGw I wish DaCllas was in TenDnessee
If I could move TeCxas east
Then sheD'd be here with me
Then nothGing else would coCme between the tDwo of us
If DaCllas was iDn TeGnnessee
Dallas packed her suitcase
And drCove off in the brand new car I bGought her

The story behind the song

Alan Jackson co-wrote "Dallas" after playing a show in Fort Worth, Texas, remarking afterward that he "wished Dallas was in Tennessee." This comment inspired the song, which tells the story of a narrator whose lover, also named Dallas, has left him for the city of Dallas, Texas. The narrator then expresses his wish that both the city and his former lover were in Tennessee. Released in December 1991, it was the third single from his second album, Don't Rock the Jukebox.

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