Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
This is a story song, sung in the third person about a country star who caught “pop fever”. It’s a poke at (what was at the time of the song’s release) a new trend in country music. “Country-Pop” has since become the mainstream in country music.
[Verse 1]
Well, he outgrew his sequined suit
Sold his Trailways bus
Let his hair get a little too long
His ducktails bit the dust
[Verse 2]
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 steer horns 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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
They're gonna open a chain of fancy bowlin' lanes
The first one in his old hometown
And on ribbon-cuttin' day, they'll come from miles away
The folks'll all gather 'round and sing
[Chorus]
'Cause he's a cheeseburger eatin', abandoned Sunday meetin'
Brand new country star
He rides around in a Lincoln Continental
No steer horns 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
[Outro]
I mean, he can either go country or pop
A' yodel layeeo a' leedle layeeo a' leedle layee
Brand New Country Star was written by Jimmy Buffett.
Brand New Country Star was produced by Don Gant.