[00:23.520]I'll write your name
[00:26.180]Across the sky
[00:28.900]And take away the stars
[00:31.500]Cos you light up the night
[00:34.130]You as high as the moon
[00:36.800]When you're here with me
[00:39.130]That's why im gonna write your name
[00:42.500]For the world to see
[00:44.400]
[00:44.640]Another old name on the porch with the bottle
[00:47.130]Wind blows and the old rocking chair wobbles
[00:49.940]Hes just the waving, everybody's welcome
[00:52.650]All he can say about the youth is lord help 'em
[00:55.410]Got a couple grand babies, but they never call though
[00:58.140]?left? in the south and they moved to Chicago
[01:00.880]Wifes in heaven and, hes saying ever since
[01:03.660]Vietnam lifes been hard as a veteran
[01:06.420]Simple life, ?shifting? six pack, yeah ice cold
[01:09.300]Across the georgia line for a ticket for the lotto
[01:11.890]Probably never see his name in the headlines
[01:14.650]But if I had a plane, I'd put it in the sky
[01:17.230]Alabama
[01:18.140]
[01:18.690]I'll write your name
[01:21.370]Across the sky
[01:23.980]And take away the stars
[01:26.710]Cos you light up the night
[01:29.220]You as high as the moon
[01:31.860]When you're here with me
[01:34.260]That's why im gonna write your name
[01:37.650]For the world to see
[01:39.310]
[01:39.420]She's in love, yeah, Friends call her crazy
[01:41.990]Met him at a party, they started dating
[01:44.830]Daddy's little angel, Momma's little lady
[01:47.530]Only 16 now Brenda's got a baby
[01:50.310]She can't afford to, drop out of high school
[01:53.040]Jimmy's not a man and he can't provide you
[01:55.780]He doesn't want to, but you keep it anyhow
[01:58.520]Nine months down the road, what you gonna do now
[02:01.190]Go to the food stamp, ?
[02:04.130]You can find a job, it'll help you get by
[02:06.870]And you made it when you didn't know how
[02:09.560]Now that's a real star put her name in the clouds
[02:12.360]Alabama
[02:13.000]
[02:13.560]I'll write your name
[02:16.160]Across the sky
[02:18.970]And take away the stars
[02:21.280]Cos you light up the night
[02:24.140]You as high as the moon
[02:26.820]When you're here with me
[02:29.170]That's why im gonna write your name
[02:32.620]For the world to see
[02:34.290]
[02:34.540]You may never be on television or be the one
[02:36.940]Your boss at work loves giving you employee of the month
[02:39.610]May never be the first dream on a champion team
[02:42.610]You may be the star the world just hasn't seen
[02:45.300]But that don't make you any less of a star to God
[02:48.050]Being rich is only realising it's all a facade
[02:50.910]You're richer than you think in that old small town
[02:53.670]Cos people like you make the world go round
[02:56.280]Alabama
[02:57.040]
[02:57.820]I'll write your name
[03:00.350]Across the sky
[03:03.060]And take away the stars
[03:05.440]Cos you light up the night
[03:08.320]You as high as the moon
[03:10.960]When you're here with me
[03:13.360]That's why im gonna write your name
[03:16.690]For the world to see
[03:19.420]
[03:20.240]I'll write your name
[03:22.770]Across the sky
[03:25.600]And take away the stars
[03:27.940]Cos you light up the night
[03:30.780]You as high as the moon
[03:33.440]When you're here with me
[03:35.820]That's why im gonna write your name
[03:39.190]For the world to see
[03:42.130]