Joey was a fighter

And he fought to dream

He said someday he would have a fancy car

And he'd leave Tennessee

I was just a shy wallflower

Just a wide-eyed teenage girl

But maybe intrigue or just insanity

Made me want to enter Joey's 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 girl's dream

From what I hear he could never leave

But to me he'll always be

James Dean in Tennessee

He tired to smoke them cigarettes

And he always made me laugh

He said I'd be his pick-up truck queen

And someday I'd 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 crime

And he was livin' with his old man

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I wonder what ol' Joey thinks

When he hears me singing on the radio

Will he ever know I loved him so

Sometimes we're meant to stay

Sometimes we're meant to go

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