George Strait – All My Ex's Live in Texas --- All My Ex’s Live in Texas is a country song written by Sanger D. Shafer and Lyndia J. Shafer and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from Strait’s album Ocean Front Property. The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for four weeks and was the number-one country song of the year in 1987. The song is a humorous take on the idea of a man who has had a string of bad re