I said, "Mama don't you worry   I'm getting 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 comin' 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 waiting 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 at 80 miles an hour   And I listened close and I could hear   My heart beating louder than the tires      This old bus was headed west   But my mind was drifting   Somewhere towards the south   And I closed my eyes and I could see   The bright lights shining clearly through the clouds      'Cause God put stars in Alabama   You just can't find in Tennessee   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   That just can't wait 'til you get home