I work at the mall food court
And when I get home
I fix something to eat
Settle into my seat
And turn on the country radio
I know every word
to every song
And they make these lonely
nights a little less lone
'Cause then I'm under the stars
Regular at the bar
Got a perfect girl
I got a worn-in truck
We go down to the river
And the moonlight is silver
But most of all I get to
be in love
I wanna be that boy
I wanna be that girl
I wanna know what it's like
to fall in love like most
of the rest of the world
But as far as these songs
will take me
is as far as I'll go
I'm just a gay kid
in a small town
who loves country radio
I feel it in old time
I feel it brand new
The lonesome refrain
Secrets in pain
Like only a song can know you
Then I close my eyes
It's like I click my heels
That's me in the story
And the story is real
It works like a charm
I've got him on my arm
We're takin' a chance
on a dance while the band
plays my favorite song
We're singin' along
And tonight
He's gonna ask my hand
I wanna be that boy
I wanna be that girl
I wanna know what it's like
to fall in love like most
of the rest of the world
But as far as these songs
will take me
is as far as I'll go
I'm just a gay kid
in a small town
who loves country radio
And as I'm drivin' to work
The sign at your church
says repent now
You can't go back
to the ways of your past
So I try twice as fast
to turn you on
So I can live like that boy
I wanna be that girl
I wanna know what it's like
to fall in love like most
of the rest of the world
I wanna be that boy
As far as these songs
will take me
As far as I'll go
I'm just a gay kid
in a small town
who loves country radio