I said, "Mama don't you worry
I'm getting by just fine out on the road
Yeah, tonight we played in Knoxville

And tomorrow night it's back to Music Row

No, I don't know when I'm comin' home

Montgomery seems so very far away"
She said, "Boy, it wouldn't kill you now
To look out past the bright lights on that stage


'Cause God put stars in Alabama
You just can't find in Tennessee

The same ones are waiting on you
That taught you how to dream


I know there's big names up in Nashville
And you'll be one before too long
But God put stars in Alabama

To help you find your way back home

I hung up the phone and I could feel

The emptiness at 80 miles an hour
And I listened close and I could hear
My heart beating louder than the tires


This old bus was headed west
But my mind was drifting

Somewhere towards the south
And I closed my eyes and I could see
The bright lights shining clearly through the clouds


'Cause God put stars in Alabama
You just can't find in Tennessee

The same ones are waiting on you
That taught you how to dream


She said, "There's big names up in Nashville
And you'll be one before too long
But God put stars in Alabama

To help you find your way back home

Yeah, there's stars in Alabama

That just can't wait 'til you get home