Chasin' That Neon Rainbow

(Jim Mc Bride - Alan Jackson)



Daddy won a radio

He tuned it to a country show

I was rocking in the cradle to the crying of a steel guitar

Mama used to sing to me

She taught me that sweet harmony

Now she worries 'cause she never thought

I'd really ever take it this far

Singin' in the bars.



Chorus:

And chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream

'Cause all I've ever wanted

Is to pick this guitar and sing

It's time to be somebody

Just wanna be heard and sing

I'm chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream.



--- Instrumental ---



An atlas and a coffee cup

Five pickers and an old Dodge truck

Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night

This overhead is killing me

Half the time I sing for free

When the crowd's into it, Lord,

It makes this thing I'm doing seem right

Standing in the spotlight.



Chorus:

And chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream

'Cause all I've ever wanted

Is to pick this guitar and sing

It's time to be somebody

Just wanna be heard and sing

I'm chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream.



Now daddy's got a radio

He won it thirty years ago

He said; ''Son I didn't know

We're gonna hear you singin' on it some day.''

Well, I made it up to music row

Lordy, don't the wheels turn slow

Still I wouldn't trade a minute

I wouldn't have it any other way

Just show me to the stage.



Chorus:

And chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream

'Cause all I've ever wanted

Is to pick this guitar and sing

It's time to be somebody

Just wanna be heard and sing

I'm chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream.



Oh, I'm chasin' that neon rainbow

Livin' that honky-tonk dream...