Texas In My Rear View Mirror (Bonus Track)-Mac Davis

[ti:Texas In My Rear View Mirror (] [ar:Mac Davis] [al:Stop And Smell The Roses] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Texas In My Rear View Mirror (Bonus Track) - Mac Davis [00:12.70]I was just fifteen and outta control [00:16.01]Lost to James Dean and rock and roll [00:19.13]I knew down deep in my country soul [00:22.01]That I had to get away [00:25.57]Hollywood was a lady in red [00:28.38]Who danced in my dreams [00:29.62]As I tossed in bed [00:31.62]I knew I'd wind up [00:33.31]In jail or dead [00:35.06]If I had to stay [00:36.62]I thought happiness [00:38.19]Was Lubbock Texas [00:40.24]In my rear view mirror [00:42.37] [00:43.80]My momma kept calling me home [00:46.36]But I just did not want to hear her [00:49.80]And the vision was getting clearer [00:52.24]In my dreams [00:53.67] [00:56.67]So I laid out one night in June [00:59.73]Stoned on the glow of the Texas moon [01:02.92]Humming an old Buddy Holly tune [01:05.10]Called Peggy Sue [01:08.04]With my favorite jeans [01:09.60]And a cheap guitar [01:11.73]I ran off chasing a distant star [01:14.80]If Buddy Holly could make it that far [01:18.42]I figured I could too [01:20.36]And I thought happiness [01:22.36]Was Lubbock Texas [01:23.61]In my rear view mirror [01:27.36]My momma kept calling me home [01:30.55]But I just did not want to hear her [01:33.92]And the vision was getting clearer [01:36.82]In my dreams [01:38.81] [01:40.12]But the Hollywood moon didn't [01:42.18]Smile the same old smile [01:44.69]That I'd grown up with [01:46.81]The lady in red [01:48.44]Just wanted my last dime [01:50.43] [01:53.39]And I cried myself to sleep at night [01:56.52]Too dumb to run too scared to fight [01:59.83]And too proud to admit it at the time [02:06.14]So I got me some gigs on Saturday nights [02:09.83]Not much more than orchestrated fights [02:12.83]I'd come home drunk and I'd try to write [02:16.14]But the words came out wrong [02:19.58]Hell bent and bound for a wasted youth [02:22.46]Too much gin and not enough vermouth [02:25.58]And no one to teach me [02:27.55]How to seek the truth [02:28.87]Before I put it into song [02:30.93]I still thought happiness [02:32.74]Was Lubbock Texas [02:33.75]In my rear view mirror [02:37.69]My momma kept calling me home [02:39.99]But I just could not would not hear her [02:44.31]And the vision was getting clearer [02:47.00]In my dreams [02:51.19]Well I thank God each and every day [02:54.06]For giving me the music and words to say [02:57.31]I'd-a never made it any other way [03:00.33]He was my only friend [03:03.96]Now I sleep a little better at night [03:06.78]When I look in the mirror [03:08.65]In the morning light [03:10.15]The man I see was both wrong and right [03:12.73]He's going home again [03:16.60] [03:17.72]I guess happiness was Lubbock Texas [03:19.48]In my rear view mirror [03:24.29]But now happiness is Lubbock Texas [03:26.60]Growing nearer and dearer [03:28.85] [03:31.22]And the vision is getting clearer [03:33.84]In my dreams [03:37.35]And I think I finally know [03:39.72]Just what it means [03:44.29]And when I die you can bury me [03:50.29]In Lubbock Texas in my jeans