Way back in the beginnin' on the local radio

Heard myself a-singin' on a television show

Ten minutes later, rodeo came to town

Got a job on a buckin' horse, jumpin' up and down

Ain't that strange?

It's a mystery

Just another 24 in the 365

24-7, glad to be alive

All I need is a motor in my car

Crank it up, hit the road

Be a country star

I was raised by alligators in the Pearl River swamp

Started out dancin' on a boogie-woogie stump

Stump fell in, went to the bottom

Fish said, "Boys, smoke 'em if ya got 'em"

Ain't that strange?

It's a mystery

Just another 24 in the 365

24-7, glad to be alive

All I need is a motor in my car

Crank it up, hit the road

Be a country star

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Fell in love with a woman who was half wildcat

Wore a big diamond she stole from Lester Flatt

We were gonna get married, but the law was on her trail

'Stead of honeymoonin' kitty went to jail

Ain't that strange?

It's a mystery

Just another 24 in the 365

24-7, glad to be alive

All I need is a motor in my car

Crank it up, hit the road

Be a country star, oh!

Oh, oh-oh-oh!