Beyoncé
TEXAS HOLD ’EM lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:54
This ain't Texas (ooh)
Ain't no hold 'em (hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So park your Lexus (ooh)
And throw your keys up (hey)
Stick around, 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round (stick around)
And I'll be damned if I can't slow-dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don't be a bitch, come take it to the floor now, woo, ha
There's a tornado (there's a tornado)
In my city (in my city)
Hit the basement (hit the basement)
That shit ain't pretty (shit ain't pretty)
Rugged whiskey (rugged whiskey)
'Cause we survivin' ('cause we survivin')
Puffin' red-cup kisses, sweet redemption, passin' time, yeah
Ooh, one step to the right
We headed to the dive bar we always thought was nice
Ooh, run me to the left
Then spin me in the middle, boy, I can't read your mind
This ain't Texas (oh)
Ain't no hold 'em (hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So park your Lexus (ooh)
And throw your keys up (hey)
Stick around, 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round (stick around)
And I'll be damned if I can't slow-dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don't be a bitch, come take it to the floor now, woo
And I'll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some liquor on me, honey too
It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don't be a bitch, come take it to the floor now, woo
(Woo-hoo)
(Woo-hoo)
(Woo-hoo)
There's a heatwave (there's a heatwave)
Comin' at us (comin' at us)
Too hot to think straight (too hot to think straight)
Too cold to panic (cold to panic)
All other problems
Just feel dramatic (just feel dramatic)
And now we're runnin' to the first bar that we find, yeah
Ooh, one step to the right
We headed to the dive bar we always thought was nice
Ooh, you run to the left
Just with me in the middle, boy, I can't read your mind
This ain't Texas (oh)
Ain't no hold 'em (hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down (oh)
So park your Lexus (hey)
Throw your keys up (hey)
Stick around, 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round (stick around)
And I'll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don't be a bitch, come take it to the floor now, woo
And I'll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some liquor on me, honey too
It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don't be a -, come take it to the floor now, ooh
Take it to the floor now, ooh (oops, spurs, boots)
To the floor now, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (tap back, oops, shoot)
Come take it to the floor now, ooh
And I'll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Baby, pour that sugar and liquor on me too (spurs, spurs, boots)
Sologenic, photogenic, shoot
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Key vocabulary
- cause
- make happenA2
- hit
- a success; popular songA2
- middle
- halfway pointA2
- mind
- think or rememberA2
- step
- move one paceA2
- straight
- not bent or angledA2
- sweet
- pleasant sugary tasteA2
- ain't
- is not; are not
- texas
- US state
- hold
- keep in your handsA2
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About this song
Beyoncé Knowles is an American singer and songwriter who works across pop, R&B, hip-hop, and dance music, recognized for shaping Black cultural themes through her albums and high-profile performances. She first rose to prominence with Destiny’s Child before becoming a solo artist known for records including Lemonade, RENAISSANCE, and Cowboy Carter.