| He was an underdog; |
| a no threat;
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| A NASCAR jockey, a rookie; |
| a wannabe.
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| Still wet behind the ears,
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| A red-line revver just a-jammin' his gears.
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| There are those that are, an' those that ain’t.
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| The quickest get stickers,
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| He was nothin' but paint.
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| Chartreuse paint.
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| Big race, now we cut to, the last ten laps:
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| Here comes Junior, sneakin' up
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| From the back of the pack, with fire in his eyes;
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| Wavin' out the window as he passes 'em by.
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| The tension mounts: now he’s number two;
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| All out of rubber an' runnin' on fumes.
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| It’s door to door, outta turn four:
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| He sees those chequers an' he hears that roar.
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| You’re shinin' like a superstar, baby,
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| He played the honky-tonks, the roadside bars,
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| A real humdinger; |
| a blue-eyed singer.
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| With a red guitar arund his neck.
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| Payin' them dues by starvin' to death.
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| But he told his Momma every time he come back,
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| «One of these days I’m gonna buy you, a big long Cadillac.
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| «An' get you outta this shack.»
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| Then he hit the road, frontin' the band.
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| Six long hairs bobbin' up an' down,
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| In a Chevy van, all beat up;
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| He did a lotta givin' but he never gave up.
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| Then one night, he wrote a song.
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| Made a little record; |
| started catchin' on.
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| Now it’s coliseums, he’s all the rage:
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| The lights go down when he hits the stage
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| You’re shinin' like a superstar, baby,
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar, baby.)
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| Whooa. |
| Yeah!
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| Go boy!
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| Yeah, the crowd goes wild.
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| You’re shinin' like a superstar, baby,
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar, baby.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar, baby.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar, baby.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar, baby.)
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| An' the crowd goes wild.
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| (You're shinin' like a superstar.) |