Ain't No Trucks In Texas
No Trucks, No Tears: Ronnie Dunn's Ode to Liberation
Lyrics
There ain't no bar on the edge of town
There is no bar on the edge of town.
Ain't no guitar with a lonely sound
There is no guitar playing a lonely sound.
There ain't no band playing that song
There is no band playing a song about a girl who has been gone for a while.
About some girl that's been gone too long
The absence of a song about a girl's prolonged absence.
There ain't no trucks in Texas
There are no trucks in Texas.
Ain't no football in the south
There is no football in the south.
Ain't no bourbon in Kentucky, I ain't drinkin' me some now
There is no bourbon in Kentucky, and the singer is not currently drinking any.
Ain't no stars in California, Memphis never had the blues
There are no stars in California, and Memphis has never experienced the blues.
Oh, there ain't no trucks in Texas, and I ain't missing you
Emphasizing the absence of trucks in Texas and asserting that the singer is not missing someone.
There ain't no phone sitting by my drink
There is no phone next to the singer's drink.
I don't hope it's you every time it rings
The singer doesn't hope that every call is from a specific person.
I don't care where you are
The singer doesn't care about the current location of the other person.
I don't wish you'd turn around that car
The singer doesn't wish for the other person to turn their car around.
I don't call your friends, I don't want to know
The singer doesn't contact the other person's friends and doesn't want to know about them.
I don't regret letting you go
The singer has no regrets about letting the other person go.
And there ain't no trucks in Texas
Reiterating the absence of trucks in Texas.
Ain't no football in the south
There is no football in the south.
Ain't no bourbon in Kentucky, and I ain't drinkin' me some now
There is no bourbon in Kentucky, and the singer is not currently drinking any.
Ain't no stars in California, Memphis never had the blues
There are no stars in California, and Memphis has never experienced the blues.
Oh, there ain't no trucks in Texas, and I ain't missing you
Emphasizing the absence of trucks in Texas and asserting that the singer is not missing someone.
They don't get high in Colorado or party down in New Orleans
People don't get high in Colorado or party down in New Orleans.
Ain't no losers out in Vegas
There are no losers in Vegas.
Ain't no Jack in Tennessee
There is no Jack (Daniels) in Tennessee.
I ain't had me one too many, and if you believe that's true
The singer hasn't had too many drinks, and the listener is invited to question the truth of that statement.
Oh, there ain't no trucks in Texas, and I ain't missing you
Emphasizing the absence of trucks in Texas and asserting that the singer is not missing someone.
I ain't missing you
The singer declares that they are not missing the other person.
I ain't missing you
Reiteration of the statement that the singer is not missing the other person.
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