Verso 1: I’m a 45 spinning on an old victrola I’m a two-strike swinger, i’m a pepsi cola I’m a blue jean quarterback saying i love you To the prom queen in a chevy I’m john wayne, superman, california I’m a kris kristofferson, sunday morning I’m a mama and daddy singing along to don mclean at the levy And, i’m a child of a backseat freedom Baptized by rock and roll Marilyn monroe and the garden of eden Never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide open On a boulevard of broken dreams And i learned everything i needed to know from John cougar, john deere, john 3:16 Verso 2: I’m mark twain on the mississippi I’m hemingway with a shot of whiskey I’m a tv dinner on a tray trying to figure Out the wheel of fortune I’m a texaco star, i’m a gibson guitar I"m still a teenage kid trying to go too far I’m a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter And, i’m a child of a backseat freedom Baptized by rock and roll Marilyn monroe and the garden of eden Never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide open On a boulevard of broken dreams And i learned everything i needed to know from John cougar, john deere, john 3:16 Bridge: I spent a lot of years running from believing Looking for another way to save my soul The longer i live the more i see it there’s only one way home And, i’m a child of a backseat freedom Baptized by rock and roll Marilyn monroe and the garden of eden Never grow up, never grow old Just another rebel in the great wide open On a boulevard of broken dreams And i learned everything i needed to know from John cougar, john deere, john 3:16 (2x)