Brand New Country Star 

By: Jimmy Buffett 

1974 

Well he outgrew his sequined suit 

Sold his Trailways bus 

Let his hair get a little too long 

His ducktails bit the dust 



His custom made, pearl-inlaid 

Guitar slipped from his hand 

And in its place a new electrical one 

He had flown in from Japan 



Chorus: 

'Cause he's a cheeseburger-eatin', abandoned Sunday-meetin' 

Brand new country star 

He rides around in a Lincoln Continental 

No steerhorns on his car 

Oh the record men say, "He's the livin' end 

They're gonna spin him right to the top 

Yeah he's a hot roman candle from the Texas panhandle 

He can either go Country or Pop" 



He's got a good ol' friend name o' "Texas Ben" 

Tells him all the spots to play 

And a sweet little lady, he calls her "Sexy Sadie" 

She's a' with the boy night and day 



They're gonna open a chain of fancy bowlin' lanes 

The first one in his old home town 

And on ribbon-cuttin' day they'll come from miles away 

The folks'll all gather 'round 



Chorus: 

And sing, he's a cheeseburger-eatin', abandoned Sunday meetin' 

Brand new country star 

Yeah he rides around in his Lincoln Continental 

No steerhorns on his car 

Oh the record men say, "He's the livin' end" 

They're gonna spin him right to the top 

Yeah he's a hot roman candle from the Texas panhandle 

He can either go Country or Pop" 

I mean, he can either go Country or Pop 



Yodels: "A' yodel layeeo a' leedle layeeo a' leedle layee"