[Intro] Y'all hush — we're comin' down off the mics for this one. Back row, you're gonna have to work with me. Alright alright now, hush up... here we go. [Verse 1] Nineteen and a borrowed truck Bed full of everything I had A guitar with a busted tuner And a picture of my dad We drove till the gas run out Somewhere north of Lake Charles Sat on the tailgate in the dark And sung to nobody at all [Verse 2] Twenty-one and I'd been fired twice Hitched a ride with a girl I didn't know She said she couldn't pay for gas She said she'd sing, though So we sang it out at a fence line To a field of nothin' but corn And that's the first time in my life I felt like I'd been born [Chorus] We ain't had a stage We ain't had a name We ain't had a soul out listenin' And we sung it just the same Every room I ever stood in Every crowd I ever struck I'm still just a girl on a tailgate In the back of a truck [Verse 3] Now there's nine of us — And a bus that don't run right — And a woman in the balcony — Who's been cryin' half the night — And a marquee out front with my name spelled right — First time in eleven years — And it don't feel one bit different Than the corn and the tailgate and the beer [Chorus] We ain't had a stage We ain't had a name We ain't had a soul out listenin' And we sung it just the same Every room I ever stood in Every crowd I ever struck I'm still just a girl on a tailgate In the back of a truck [Verse 4] So if the whole thing goes tomorrow And the bus don't crank And the money that we ain't got Comes out the other bank I'll go find a flat-bed somewhere And a field and a friend and some luck — And I'll be right back where I started In the back of a truck [Chorus] We ain't had a stage We ain't had a name We ain't had a soul out listenin' And we sung it just the same Every room I ever stood in Every crowd I ever struck I'm still just a girl on a tailgate In the back of a truck In the back of a truck. [Outro] Thibodaux. Thank you. Goodnight.
