Well, he outgrew his sequined suit, sold his Trailways bus Let his hair get a little too long, his ducktails bit the dust His custom made, pearl-inlaid guitar slipped from his hand And in its place a new electrical one he had flown in from Japan 'Cause he's a cheeseburger-eatin' Abandoned Sunday-meetin' brand new country star He rides around in a Lincoln Continental, no steer-horns on his car Oh, the record men say, "He's the livin' end They're gonna spin him right to the top Yeah, he's a hot roman candle from the Texas panhandle He can either go Country or Pop" He's got a good ol' friend name o' "Texas Ben" Tells him all the spots to play And a sweet little lady, he calls her "Sexy Sadie" She's a' with the boy night and day They're gonna open a chain of fancy bowlin' lanes The first one in his old home town And on ribbon-cuttin' day they'll come from miles away The folks'll all gather 'round And sing, he's a cheeseburger-eatin' Abandoned Sunday-meetin' brand new country star He rides around in a Lincoln Continental, no steer-horns on his car Oh, the record men say, "He's the livin' end They're gonna spin him right to the top Yeah, he's a hot roman candle from the Texas panhandle He can either go Country or Pop" I mean, he can either go Country or Pop A' yodel layeeo a' leedle layeeo a' leedle layee