Tennessee Flat-top Box Lyrics - Ring Of Fire (the Best Of Johnny Cash) - Johnny Cash

In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town 

Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around 

And all the girls from there to Austin 

Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock 

To take the trip, to go and listen 

To the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top box 

And he would play 

Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime 

But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time 

And all the girls from nine to ninety 

Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him,"Don't stop" 

And hypnotized and fascinated 

By the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top box 

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And he would play 

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Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round 

He'd vanished like the breeze and they forgot him in the little town 

But all the girls still dreamed about him 

And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked 

And then one day on the Hit Parade 

Was a little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top box 

And he would play