The last rattlesnake in all of West Texas, live in a hole down deep in the ground
He slithered to the top of a big flat rock, gave his tail a quick shake and he took a look around
He said, It's been a long time since I caught me a rabbit, been a long time since I caught me a mouse
Been a long time since I seen any people drive an F-150 to the old ranch house
He slithered up the river bank and onto the bridge, he squinted at the sun coming up on the ridge
It was a hundred and fifteen degrees in the shade, it was six in the morning, it was Christmas day
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas felt something wicked coming over his skin
He raised up his head and he readied his venom, and he stuck out his tongue, and he hissed at the wind
The air grew cold and the sky turned black
And the last rattle snake in all of West Texas saw five tornadoes spinning down off the cap
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
He said I had a had a good stretch, I had a good run - I fertilized some eggs and I had me some fun
I lived past the ripe old age of two, I ain't wrapped around the shaft of some fake cowboy boot
So the last rattle snake in all of West Texas, struck at a funnel cloud, that's how he died
Now he spends his days up in rattlesnake heaven with a never ending line of politicians he can bite
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas
The last rattle snake in all of West Texas