Rhinestone kid on a freeway star

An '87 pickup and a red guitar

Playin' like an angel with a broken wing

A song of true love for his girl Darlene



They haven't seen each other for a year or so

Man, he misses her like we all miss that TV show

Where he first performed that love song 'bout a year ago

Well, if ya haven't heard it yet then this is how it goes...



RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

Like the buffalos do it by the wishing well

'Cause they haven't got no money for a cheap motel

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

What sweeter thing could happen to a boy an' a girl?

We gotta do it like mechanical rabbits from hell, yeah



It was the sweetest song playin' on the radio

From the edge of Alabama down to Mexico

It was a number one hit but Darlene didn't know

Whom her fav'rite song was fo'



But everytime she hears it, her heart, like a gong

Would tremble for the man for whom she longs

...For whom she longs...

And 'en she starts to sing along...



RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

We gotta do it for a reason, gotta do it for fun

We gotta sparkle like tequila in the hot...hot sun, yeah!

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

We gotta do it like Sinatra used to do "My Way"

An' in the background there's that Beck dude singin' Odelay