Name: Queen of the Neon
Duration: P00H03M57S
Description: This song is about a bartender in Greenwhich Village who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Queen of the Neon

from Roll Another Dime by Michael James Wheeler

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This song is about a bartender in Greenwhich Village who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Never wanted to go down to her hometown
You can’t blame a girl
Her father is a superstar
On his own now
Gone the day they named her

Cat on a boardwalk
Queen of the Neon

“Tell it a second time,” she begs
“That’s all we’ve got,” her mother says
A torn up mind working long legs
In the worst way

Cat on a boardwalk
Queen of the Neon

The sawgrass sings to her sweet nerves
And her slow curves
So she drives her old man’s route
On a wild hair
Like a thought he put there

Never wanted to go down to her hometown
You can’t blame a girl
Queen of the Neon

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from Roll Another Dime, track released March 1, 2001
Terry Armistead - Vocals
Rob Eaton Jr. - Electric Guitar, Vocals John Ginty - Organ
Alex Johnson - Drums
Todd Smallie - Bass
Michael James Wheeler - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals

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Vermonter in Nashville. "Hands down, one of the finest WKY songwriters going at the moment" (News4U).

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