[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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