We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No coffee shop, no liquor store So I don't talk about Abilene no more Young lovers like to dream We'll settle down and we'll make a good team Well, Main Street was cute and The rents there were cheap But I was too much for you and for your Abilene We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No couple acres, no screened in porch So I don't talk about Abilene no more ♪ I remember the air when I drove out of town Crying on the highway with my windows down I'da stayed there forever, 'til death do us part Texas in my rearview, plains in my heart Couldn't hold it together when Abilene fell apart We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No turning the garden, no toys on the floor So I don't talk about Abilene no more We don't need to talk about Abilene 'Cause Abilene don't mean No life that we're building, no weathering storms That's why I don't talk about Abilene no more That's why I don't talk about Abilene no more