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Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d lyrics are confusing to some people.Hilarious understandings of the song are popping up online, so we\u2019re clearing it up, once and for all.\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d is a massive hit for Ella, a relative newcomer in country music.<\/p>\n
What does it mean to be \u201cchoosing Texas,\u201d like Ella Langley<\/a> is singing about in her smash hit \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d? The country song has taken the music industry by storm, even topping all-genre charts<\/a>, but people seem a little confused by the picture she\u2019s painting with the lyrics.<\/p>\n The can\u2019t-get-it-out-of-your-head chorus goes:<\/p>\n \u201cShe’s from Texas, I can tell by the way \/ He’s two steppin’ ’round the room \/ And judgin’ by the smile that’s written on his face \/ There’s nothin’ I can do \/ It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see \/ A cowboy always finds a way to leave \/ Drinkin’ Jack all by myself \/ He’s choosin’ Texas, I can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n One hilarious take by a user on TikTok suggests she thought the lyric was, \u201cBy the way, he\u2019s two-steppin\u2019 \u2018round the room,\u201d like Ella was sharing an aside about what her man is up to as she\u2019s telling us about this new girl. In actuality, she can tell he\u2019s really into this girl from Texas he\u2019s dancing with because of (by) the way he\u2019s doing the two-step with her.<\/p>\n What Is Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d Really About?<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite simple: Ella is hung up on this guy and the memories they shared back in Tennessee, and her heart breaks as she watches him fall for a new gal from Texas in a little bar somewhere. She represents Texas, and he\u2019s choosing her.<\/p>\n Add Country Living as a preferred source in your Google search results.<\/p>\n Use your Google account to add this to your settings.<\/p>\n Add to Google settings<\/p>\n Ella is originally from Alabama, but calls Nashville home these days, as most country stars do. As such, she makes several references to life in Tennessee, singing about rainfall in the Smoky Mountains and how she and her cowboy would belt Hank Williams songs and \u201cthe Memphis blues\u201d together. \u201cSmoky Mountain Rain\u201d is a well-known Tennessee love song by Ronnie Milsap, so that\u2019s a nod to that.<\/p>\n In contrast, she mentions how her fella always loved \u201cAmarillo by Morning,\u201d a classic ode to the Lone Star State by George Strait \u2014 this seems to show the tug-of-war the narrator (Ella) is feeling as her man leans into his love of Texas and its women.<\/p>\n![\"Google\"](\"https:\/\/www.countryliving.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/social\/google.1467f37.svg\")
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