Mac Davis - Texas In My Rearview Mirror

      Mac Davis - Texas In My Rearview Mirror            A5 x02250 
   
Verse 1
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I was just 15 and out of control, lost to James Dean and rock and roll 
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I knew down deep in my country soul that I had to get away 
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Hollywood was a lady in red that danced in my dreams as I tossed in bed 
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I knew I'd wind up in jail or dead if I have to stay 
 
 
Chorus 1: 
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And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror 
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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 in my dreams 
 
Verse 2
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So I lit out one night in June, stoned on the glow of a Texas moon 
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Hummin' an old Buddy Holly tune called Peggy Sue 
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With my favorite jeans and a cheap guitar, I ran off chasin' a distant star
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If Buddy Holly could make it that far, I figured I could too 
 
 
Chorus 2:      
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And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror 
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My mama kept callin' me home but I just did not want to hear her 
        G                  E7            A7 Asus4  
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
 
 
Bridge: 
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But the Hollywood moon didn't smile the same old smile that I'd grown up with 
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The lady in red just wanted my last dime 
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And I cried myself to sleep at night, too dumb to run, too scared to fight 
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And too proud to admit it at the time 
 
Verse 3
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So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights, not much more than orchestrated fights 
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I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write  but the words came out wrong 
 
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Hellbent and bound for a wasted youth, too much gin and not enough Vermouth 
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And no one to teach me how to seek the truth before I put it in the song 
 
 
Chorus 3: 
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And I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas in my rearview mirror 
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My mama kept callin' me home but I just did not want to hear her 
        G                  E7            A7 Asus4  
And the vision was getting clearer in my dreams
 
Verse 4
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I thank god each and every day for giving me the music and the words to say 
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I'd-a never made it any other way, He was my only friend 

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And now I sleep a little better at night and when I look in the mirror in the morning light
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The man I see was both wrong and right, he's goin' home again 
 
 
Chorus 4: 
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I guess happiness was Lubbock, Texas In my rearview mirror 
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But now happiness is Lubbock, Texas Growin' nearer and dearer  
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And the vision is gettin' clearer in my dreams 
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And I think I fin'lly know just what it means 
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And when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas'in my jeans