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


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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]