IN A LITTLE CABARET
IN A SOUTH TEXAS
BORDERTOWN
SAT A BOY AND
HIS GUITAR
AND THE PEOPLE CAME
FROM ALL AROUND
AND ALL THE GIRLS
FROM THERE TO AUSTIN
WERE SLIPPIN' AWAY
FROM HOME
AND PUTTIN'
JEWELRY IN HOCK
TO TAKE A TRIP
TO GO AND LISTEN
TO THE LITTLE
DARK HAIRED BOY
WHO PLAYED
THE TENNESSEE
FLAT TOP BOX
AND HE WOULD PLAY
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL HE COULDN'T
RIDE OR WRANGLE
AND HE NEVER CARED
TO MAKE A DIME
BUT GIVE HIM HIS GUITAR
AND HE'D BE HAPPY
ALL THE TIME
AND ALL THE GIRLS
FROM NINE TO NINETY
WERE SNAPPIN' FINGERS
TAPPIN' TOES
AND BEGGIN' HIM
DON'T STOP
THEY WERE HYPNOTIZED
AND FASCINATED
BY THE LITTLE
DARK HAIRED BOY
WHO PLAYED
THE TENNESSEE
FLAT TOP BOX
AND HE WOULD PLAY
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
THEN ONE DAY
HE WAS GONE
AND NO ONE
EVER SAW HIM 'ROUND
HE VANISHED
LIKE A BREEZE
THEY FORGOT HIM
IN THAT LITTLE TOWN
BUT ALL THE GIRLS
STILL DREAMED
ABOUT HIM
AND HUNG AROUND
THE CABARET
UNTIL THE DOORS
WERE LOCKED
AND THEN ONE DAY
ON THE HIT PARADE
WAS A LITTLE
DARK HAIRED BOY
WHO PLAYED
THE TENNESSEE
FLAT TOP BOX
AND HE WOULD PLAY