[Verse 1]

Fast as lightning

Twice  as frightening

Headed  home to Houston in the middle of the night

Hear the bus die

Rub my red eyes

Praying  I can catch my flight

[Verse 2]

Fast  as lightning

Twice as frightening

Sold  out show in Idaho with the Brauns and Bobby Keen

Boise breakdown

Headed southbound

Spent one night in SLC

[Chorus]

Can't  sell the record if we can't make the show

Can't make no money sittin' on the side of the road

[Verse 3]

Fast as lightning

Twice as frightening

Luckenbach to London picking with the symphony

Lost some changes

Did some rearranges

Moved into a minor key

[Instrumental]

[Verse 4]

Fast as lightning

Twice as frightening

Atlanta back to Austin, take that exit up ahead

Busted back end

Ride from an old friend

Spent one night in my own bed

[Chorus]

Can't sell the record if we can't make the show

Can't make no money sittin' on the side of the road

[Verse 5]

Fast as lightning

Twice as frightening

Red-eye into Paris, flying out of JFK

The words I'm using

You can tell that I'm from Houston

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