In a little cabereIn a south texas boarder townSat a boy and his guitarAnd the people came from all aroundAnd all the girlsFrom there to AustinWere slippin' away from homeAnd puttin' jewlery and hopped to take the tripTo go and listenTo the little dark-haired boy who played theTennessee flat top boxAnd he would playWell he couldn't ride or wrangleAnd he never cared to make it downBut give him his guitarAnd he'd be happy all the timeAnd all the girlsFrom nine to ninetyWere snappin' fingersTappin' toesAnd beggin' him don't stopAnd hypnotizedAnd fasinatedBy the little dark-haired boy who played theTennessee flat top boxAnd he would playThen one day he was goneAnd no one ever saw him 'roundHe vanished like the breezeThey forgot him in the little townBut all the girlsStill dreamed about himAnd hung aroundThe cabere until the doors were lockedAnd then one dayOn the hit paradeWas the little dark-haired boy who played theTennessee flat top boxAnd he would play