Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
(Johnny Cash)

(Clement)
(Performed with Roseanne Cash and the Everly Brothers)
1988 PolyGram Records Inc. (new version, changed text)

There's a story in our town
of the prettiest girl around
Golden hair and eyes of blue
how those eyes could flash at you

Boys hung 'round her by the store
but she loved the boy next door
who worked at the candy store

(Dream on, dream on, teenage queen
Prettiest girl we've ever seen)

She was queen of Senior Prom
She could cook just like her mom
She had everything it seemed
Pure delight, this teenage queen

Other boys could offer more
but she loved the boy next door
who worked at the candy store

(Dream on, dream on, teenage queen
You should be a movie queen)

He would marry her next spring
saved his money for the ring
Then one day a movie scout
came to town to take her out

Hollywood could offer more
so she left the boy next door
who worked at the candy store

(Dream on, dream on, teenage queen
See you on the movie screen)

Very soon she was a star
Pretty house and shining cars
Swimming pool and a fence around
but she missed her old hometown

All the world was at her door
all except the boy next door
who worked at the candy store

(Dream on, dream on, teenage queen
Saddest girl we've ever seen)

Then one day this teenage star
sold her house and all her cars
Gave up all her wealth and fame
left it all and caught a train

Next day she was at the door
of the lonely boy next door
who works at the candy store

(Now this story has some more
You will hear it all at the candy store)