Chasin' That Neon Rainbow

Alan Jackson, Jim McBride

"Jim McBride and I were writing together for the first time. We were talking
about my life in Georgia and the experience of playing in the honky tonk circuit.
I remembered a radio that my daddy won when I was a young child and how my
mama used to sing to my sisters and me. I also remembered how my mama hated for me to
play in the bars. All those things set the story in motion, and within a few sessions,
my life chasing that neon rainbow was set to music."

Daddy won a radio, tuned it to a country show
I was rockin' in the cradle to the cryin' of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me, she taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries 'cause she never thought I'd ever really take it this far

Singin' in the bars and

Chorus

Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted... was to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream


An atlas and a coffee cup, five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
This overhead is killin' me, half the time I sing for free
But when the crowd's into it Lord it makes this thing I'm doing seem right

Standin' in the spotlight

(Chorus)

Verse 3
Daddy's got a radio, he won it thirty years ago
He said "Son I just know we're gonna hear you singin' on it someday"
I made it up to Music Row, but Lordy don't the wheels turn slow
Still I wouldn't take a minute and I wouldn't have it any other way

Just show me to the stage

(Chorus)

I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream