He came to town with a lot of dreams swapped BMG for KFC
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And four strings on his Gibson and now he's frying chicken
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He swore someday the world of country music but he held on to his faded dreams
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Would be his'n his jeans and cowboy hat
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He drove a beat up Chevy truck he still leans in that microphone
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And he didn't have no money says you want some fries with that
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But he was such a god ole boy
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Chorus: The last time that I saw him
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Back when he was hungry he was singin' down at Tootsie's
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He wrote some songs and walked the streets a big tattoo on both his arms
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Beggin' folks to listen and his earring was a beauty
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Sometimes he crawled just like a snake he said I'm goin' rock'n roll
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Without a pit to hiss in those guys make all the money
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He looked like Garth and sang like Hank from now on you can call me
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And everybody loved him the Artist Formerly Known As Hungry
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He swore he'd never change a thing back when he was hungry
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Back when BMI and CMA were only letters
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And R&R was what you took to get to feeling better
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And Billboard was a road sign not a chart that came on Monday
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Life was oh so simple back then back when he was hungry
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And then one day he wrote a song that got someone's attention
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The A&R at BMG got J-O-E to listen
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Then Joe called James and James called Don
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Don called Mrs Hilley and Oermann wrote he's gonna be
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The next big hot hillbilly well his record went to Number One
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And the good ole boy went crazy he hired a band then fired a band
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He toured and then got lazy suddenly he knew it all
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The rest of us were dummies he scarcely could remember
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Back when he was hungry
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Well he married and then he got divorced and met this cute young honey
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He thought she craved his body but she only craved his money
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She cleaned out his bank account then ran off with his drummer
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Left him where he started from back when he was hungry
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Well he lost his deal and life got real and he had to give up pickin'
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Back When He Was Hungry
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| Bill Anderson |
