Joey was a fighter    And he fought to dream    He said someday he would have a fancy car    And he'd leave Tennessee    I was just a shy wallflower    Just a wide-eyed teenage girl    But maybe intrigue or just insanity    Made me want to enter Joey's world    His touch made me feel beautiful    So much passion I lost my head    Chorus    He was like James Dean in Tennessee    He was a movie star    A young girl's dream    From what I hear he could never leave    But to me he'll always be    James Dean in Tennessee    He tired to smoke them cigarettes    And he always made me laugh    He said I'd be his pick-up truck queen    And someday I'd be his better half    I left there a year ago    And I heard the rebel went bad    That he had just served time for a minor crime    And he was livin' with his old man    Repeat chorus    I wonder what ol' Joey thinks    When he hears me singing on the radio    Will he ever know I loved him so    Sometimes we're meant to stay    Sometimes we're meant to go    Repeat chorus