Mark Lehnhoff - Country Star Lyrics

I approached him carefully
They said that he was smart
An expert in his field
Who knew how to play the part
Sir, someday I'd like to be
A country music star
He looked me in the eye and said
Son, who do you think you are?
Well, sir, I've been married
More than twenty years
He took a step back shocked
And brushed away a tear
But there were times we sat for hours
Underneath the stars
And once or twice I kissed her
In the front seat of my car

And he said you can be
A country music star
You don't have to drive a truck
You don't have to own a horse
You don't have to have
Three marriages
That ended in divorce
But if someday you think you'd like
To be a country star
It would help significantly
If you'd learn to play guitar

Sir, there's more you need to know
I'll tell it to you plain
There's numbers
​Words and algorithms
Running through my brain
You see I went to college
And studied many years
He took a step back shocked
And brushed away a tear
But there were times I drove for hours
Underneath the stars
Just to listen to the whip-poor-will
Out the window of my car

And he said you can be
A country music star
You don't have to drive a truck
You don't have to own a horse
You don't have to have
Three marriages
​That ended in divorce
But if someday you think you'd like
To be a country star
It would help significantly
If you'd learn to play guitar

Well I thought about those words
He spoke to me years ago
Then I called to my dog, Gabe
And said, boy, it's time to go
There's some fence
That still needs mendin'
And some feedin' yet to do
And I still need to practice
For an hour or maybe two
Then my dog said

You can be a country music star
You don't have to drive a truck
Necessarily
You don't have to own a horse
But it helps
You don't have to have
Three marriages
​That ended in divorce
For sure
But if someday you think you'd like
To be a country star
It would help significantly
​If you'd learn to play guitar

You can be a country music star
You don't have to drive a truck
Necessarily
You don't have to own a horse
But it helps
You don't have to have
Three marriages
​That ended in divorce
For sure
But if someday you think you'd like
To be a country star
It would help significantly
​If you'd learn to play guitar