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Rhinestone kid on a freeway star

An '87 pickup and a red guitar

Playin' like an angel with a broken wing

A song of true love for his girl Darlene

They haven't seen each other for a year or so

Man, he misses her like we all miss that TV show

Where he first performed that love song 'bout a year ago

Well, if ya haven't heard it yet then this is how it goes...

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

Like the buffalos do it by the wishing well

'Cause they haven't got no money for a cheap motel

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

What sweeter thing could happen to a boy an' a girl?

We gotta do it like mechanical rabbits from hell, yeah

Repeat chords throughout entire song...

It was the sweetest song playin' on the radio

From the edge of Alabama down to Mexico

It was a number one hit but Darlene didn't know

Whom her fav'rite song was fo'

But everytime she hears it, her heart, like a gong

Would tremble for the man for whom she longs

...For whom she longs...

And 'en she starts to sing along...

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

We gotta do it for a reason, gotta do it for fun

We gotta sparkle like tequila in the hot...hot sun, yeah!

RO-DE-O-uh-oh-oh-oh

We gotta do it like Sinatra used to do "My Way"

An' in the background there's that Beck dude singin' Odelay