Stars In Alabama Lyrics

I said mamma don't you worry
I'm gettin' by just fine out on the road
Yeah, tonight we played in Knoxville
And tomorrow night it's back to Music Row

No I don't know when I'm coming home
Montgomery seems so very far away
She said, "Boy it wouldn't kill you now to look out past the bright lights on that stage."

Cause God put stars in Alabama
You just can't find in Tennessee
The same ones are waitin' on you
That taught you how to dream

I know there's big names up in Nashville
And you'll be one before too long
But God put stars in Alabama
To help you find your way back home

I hung up the phone and I could feel the emptiness that 80 miles
And I listen close and I could hear my heart beating louder than the tires

This old bus was headed west,
but my head was drifting somewhere toward the sound
And I close my eyes and I could see the bright lights shining clearly through clouds

Cause God put stars in Alabama
You just can't find in Tennesse
The same ones are waiting on you
That taught you how to dream

She said there's big names up in Nashville
And you'll be one before too long
But God put stars in Alabama
To help you find your way back home

Yeah, there's stars in Alabama
They just can't wait until you get home

(Thanks to Barbara for these lyrics)