It was July hot ´cross Georgia On my way to Myrtle Beach I´d just got my diploma So I set out in search of me The honeymoon was over
And Alabama was far away From being little more than just a southern state. I got a gig down at the Bowry I played for tips and watered drinks Just a novice in a business That´s seldom what it seems And where are you going Tar Top? Where´s J.C. and the chosen few? I saw a flash without T. Gentry And B.V. left the Malibus I was July hot and thirty some years Down the line When the boys touched the nation Unaware of the time I got to go to Texas California, New York, too. A farm boy who is thankful to be Standin´ in his shoes
But in the Bowry hangs the memories Of dreams that still come true Every time I see the spotlight I´m one of the chosen few And where are you going Tar Top? Where´s J.C. and the chosen few? There´s no falsh without T. Gentry And B.V. where are you? Where are you going Tar Top? Which di