Texas In My Rearview Mirror

      D           A               
I was just 15 and out of control, 
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lost to James Dean and rock and roll
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I knew down deep in my country 
        A
soul that I had to get away
D               A                
Hollywood was a lady in red that 
G                        Bm
danced in my dreams as I tossed in 
bed
  G                   D            
I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead 
A            D
if I have to stay


Chorus 1:
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And I thought happiness was 
  A
Lubbock, Texas
               D
In my rearview mirror
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    D (walk down)
My mama kept callin' me home but I 
just did not want to hear her
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And the vision was getting clearer
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 in my dreams


So I lit out one night in June, 
stoned on the glow of a Texas moon
Hummin' an old Buddy Holly tune 
called Peggy Sue
With my favorite jeans and a cheap 
guitar, I ran off chasin' a distant 
star
If Buddy Holly could make it that 
far, I figured I could too


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Chorus 2:
And I thought happiness was Lubbock,
 Texas
In my rearview mirror
My mama kept callin' me home but I 
just did not want to hear her
And the vision was getting clearer 
in my dreams


Bridge:
        Bm                         
But the Hollywood moon didn't smile
              F#m
 the same old smile that I'd grown 
up with
    Bm               F#m          
The lady in red just wanted my 
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last dime
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And I cried myself to sleep at 
         D/B                  D/A
night, too dumb to run, too scared 
to fight
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And too proud to admit it at the 
A
time


So I got me some gigs on Saturday 
nights, not much more than 
orchestrated fights
I'd come home drunk and I'd try to 
write  but the words came out wrong
Hellbent and bound for a wasted 
view, too much gin and not enough 
Vermouth
And no one to teach me how to seek 
the truth before I put it in the 
song


Chorus 3:
I still thought happiness was 
Lubbock, Texas
In my rearview mirror
My mama kept callin' me home but I 
just could not, would not hear her
And the vision was getting clearer 
in my dreams


I thank god each and every day for 
giving me the music and the words to
 say
I'd-a never made it any other way, 
He was my only friend
And now I sleep a little better at 
night and when I look in the mirror 
in the morning light
The man I see was both wrong and 
right, he's goin' home again


Chorus 4:
I guess happiness was Lubbock, Texas
In my rearview mirror
But now happiness is Lubbock, Texas
Growin' nearer and dearer
And the vision is gettin' clearer in
 my dreams
And I think I fin'lly know just what
 it means
           G            E7        
And when I die, you can bury me in
          A7          D
 Lubbock, Texas'in my jeans