He wasn't lookin' for fanfare or fame but it
all came around just the same. He then
met a girl with desire in her eye, he gave
her love, she took his name.

The times they were good, the times they
were bad, most times it was just in
between. The hard pill he swallowed was
the times that they had, she put on display
for all to be seen.

Some find their solace in work or the lord,
she was quite content in her dream. When
his eyes they burned from the bright lime
light, he found comfort in the bottle of Ol'
Jimmy Beam.

One day from the depths of his deep
darkened hole, he reached out for
something to feel. She offered back nothin'
but lack of respect so he left himself out
with two barrels of steel.

She cried in the day, she cried in the night.
She cried loudest when someone was near.
Whether crying for him or she cried for
herself, the bigger the camera, the bigger
the tear.

Most folks agree that she was living a hell
and publicly she showed her pain. And
never once was there a thought for
herself, and the ever-growing slices of
fortune and fame.

Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll
ride on the coattails of a dead man she'll
ride. On the coattails of a dead man she'll
ride she'll ride, on the coattails of a dead
man she'll ride she'll ride high.

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