The song is based on a real town in Texas with the same name.

But it wasn't a real town at all, the captain thought.

Below and beyond, the road ran through the first real town they had seen.

This is a real town, and a most beautiful one.

In 1920 it began to take shape as a real town.

It was a real little town, not a tourist place.

It was a real town, a city in its own right.

Sometimes this is a lot bigger than the real town.

"We wanted a place that was a real town," she said.

It is not a real town any more, of course.