[ Featuring His Fabulous Superlatives ]
Way back in the beginning
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 twenty-four in the three-sixty-five
Twenty-four-seven 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 dancing 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 twenty-four in the three-sixty-five
Twenty-four-seven glad to be alive
All I need is a motor in my car
Crank it up, hit the road
Be a country star
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 twenty-four in the three-sixty-five
Twenty-four-seven glad to be alive
All I need is a motor in my car
Crank it up, hit the road
Be a country star, ooh, ooh
