Ballad of a Teenage Queen

June Carter Cash

(Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever seen) 
 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 (How those eyes could flash at you) 
 Boys hung 'round her by the score 
 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 tops in all they said 
 It never once went to her head 
 She had everything it seems 
 Not a care, this teenage queen (Not a care, 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, bought a ring 
 Then one day a movie scout 
 Came to town to take her out (Came to town to take her out) 
 Hollywood could offer more 
 So she left the boy next door working 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 shiny car 
 Swimming pool and a fence around 
 But she missed her old home town (But she missed her old home town) 
 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 the teenage star 
 Sold her house and all her cars 
 Gave up all her wealth and fame 
 Left it all and caught a train (Left it all and caught a train) 
 Do I have to tell you more 
 She came back to the boy next door who worked at the candy store 

 (Now this story has some more, you'll hear it all at the candy store)