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

He was like James Dean in Tennessee
He was a movie star, a young girls dream
From what I hear he could never leave
But to me hell always be
James Dean in Tennessee

He tired to smoke them cigarettes
And he always made me laugh
He said I'd be his pickup truck queen
And someday Id 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 living with his old man

He was like James Dean in Tennessee
He was a movie star, a young girls dream
From what I hear he could never leave
But to me hell always be
James Dean in Tennessee

I wonder what ol' Joey thinks when he hears me singing on the radio
Will he ever know that I loved him so
Sometimes we're meant to stay
Sometimes we're meant to go, yeah

He was like James Dean in Tennessee
He was a movie star, a young girls dream
From what I hear he could never leave
But for me hell always be
James Dean in Tennessee

James Dean in Tennessee