If your gonna play in texas, why do you need a fiddle in the band?

BECAUSE-

That lead guitar is hot,

But not for "lousiana man".

So rosin up that bow for "faded love"

And let's all dance.

If you're gonna play in texas,

You gotta have a fiddle in the band.

I remember down in houston

We were puttin' on a show

When a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled,

"cotton-eyed joe"!

He said, "we love what you're doin'.

Boys don't get us wrong,

There's just somethin' missin' in your song.

Chorus

So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight.

Them texans raised the roof when jeff opened up his case.

You say y'all all wanna two-step. you say ya wanna doe-si-doe.

Well, here's a fiddlin' song before we go.

Chorus

Repeat and fade

Because, if we didn't provide gainful employment for all the fiddlers here in Texas, then they would have to resort to "fiddlin" on streetcorners, intersections, and parking lots. Can you imagine groups of rogue fiddlers coming at you while you're trying to load little Tommy and the bread and milk into the car?

Trust me, keeping them working is the socially responsible thing to do. Otherwise it'd be fiddlin' anarchy!

Texas musicians union rules.

Because,That lead guitar is hot but not for a luisiana man!

Because the devil went down to Georgia

cause that lead guitar is hot but not for a Louisianna man.

"Violin" did not quite fit the lyrics

u don't, or @ least that's wut i think. maybe u need 1 if ur a country band, but i wouldn't know cuz i'm a rock kind of girl! :- P