I WAS FIFTEEN
AND OUTTA CONTROL
LOST TO JAMES DEAN
AND ROCK 'N' ROLL
I KNEW DOWN DEEP
IN MY COUNTRY SOUL
THAT I
HAD TO GET AWAY
HOLLYWOOD WAS
A LADY IN RED
WHO DANCED
IN MY DREAMS
AS I TOSSED IN BED
I KNEW I'D WIND UP
IN JAIL OR DEAD
IF I HAD TO STAY
I THOUGHT HAPPINESS
WAS LUBBOCK TEXAS
IN MY REAR VIEW
MIRROR
MY MAMA KEPT CALLIN'
ME HOME BUT I JUST
DID NOT WANNA
HEAR HER
AND THE VISION
WAS GETTIN' CLEARER
IN MY DREAMS
SO I LIT OUT
ONE NIGHT IN JUNE
STONED ON THE GLOW
OF THE TEXAS MOON
HUMMIN' AN OLD
BUDDY HOLLY TUNE
CALLED PEGGY SUE
WITH MY FAVORITE
JEANS
AND A CHEAP GUITAR
I RAN OFF
CHASIN' A DISTANT STAR
IF BUDDY HOLLY
COULD MAKE IT THAT FAR
THEN
I FIGURED I COULD TOO
I THOUGHT HAPPINESS
WAS LUBBOCK TEXAS
IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR
MY MAMA
KEPT CALLIN' ME HOME
BUT I JUST
DID NOT WANT
TO HEAR HER
AND THE VISION
WAS GETTIN' CLEARER
IN MY DREAMS
BUT THE HOLLYWOOD
MOON
DIDN'T SMILE
THE SAME OL' SMILE
THAT I'D GROWN UP
WITH
THE LADY IN RED
JUST WANTED
MY LAST DIME
AND I CRIED MYSELF
TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
TOO DUMB TO RUN
TOO SCARED TO FIGHT
AND TOO PROUD
TO ADMIT IT
AT THE TIME
SO I GOT ME SOME GIGS
ON SATURDAY NIGHTS
NOT MUCH MORE
THAN ORCHESTRATED
FIGHTS
I'D COME HOME DRUNK
AND I'D TRY TO WRITE
BUT THE WORDS
CAME OUT WRONG
HELL-BENT AND BOUND
FOR A WASTED YOUTH
TOO MUCH GIN
AND NOT ENOUGH
VERMOUTH
AND NO ONE
TO TEACH ME HOW TO
SEEK THE TRUTH
BEFORE I
PUT IT IN A SONG
I STILL THOUGHT
HAPPINESS
WAS LUBBOCK TEXAS
IN MY REAR VIEW
MIRROR
MY MAMA
KEPT CALLIN' ME HOME
BUT I JUST
COULD NOT WOULD NOT
HEAR HER
AND THE VISION
WAS GETTIN' CLEARER
IN MY DREAMS
WELL I THANK GOD
EACH AND EVERY DAY
FOR GIVIN' ME
THE MUSIC
AND THE WORDS TO SAY
I'D'VE NEVER MADE IT
ANY OTHER WAY
HE WAS MY
ONLY FRIEND
AND NOW I SLEEP
A LITTLE BETTER AT NIGHT
AND WHEN I LOOK
IN THE MIRROR
IN THE MORNIN' LIGHT
THE MAN I SEE
WAS BOTH
WRONG AND RIGHT
HE'S GOIN' HOME AGAIN
I GUESS HAPPINESS
WAS LUBBOCK TEXAS
IN MY REAR VIEW
MIRROR
BUT NOW HAPPINESS
IS LUBBOCK TEXAS
GROWIN' NEARER
AND DEARER
AND THE VISION
WAS GETTIN' CLEARER
IN MY DREAMS
AND I THINK
I FINALLY KNOW JUST
WHAT IT MEANS
AND WHEN I DIE
YOU CAN BURY ME
IN LUBBOCK TEXAS
IN MY JEANS