Joey was a fighter

And he fought to dream

He said someday he would have a fancy car

And hed leave Tennessee

I was just a shy wallflower

Just a wideeyed teenage girl

But maybe intrigue or just insanity

Made me want to enter Joeys world

His touch made me feel beautiful

So much passion I lost my head



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He was like James Dean in Tennessee

He was a movie star

A young girls dream

From what I hear he could never leave

But to me hell always be

James Dean in Tennessee

He tired to smoke them cigarettes

And he always made me laugh

He said Id be his pickup truck queen

And someday Id be his better half

I left there a year ago

And I heard the rebel went bad

That he had just served time for a minor crI'me

And he was livin with his old man



[Repeat chorus]

I wonder what ol Joey thinks

When he hears me singing on the radio

Will he ever know I loved hI'm so

Sometimes were meant to stay

Sometimes were meant to go

[Repeat chorus]