I have a category in my songbook called 'Portraits of Women.' LINE DANCER fits it. The young girl works through the week but gets out on Saturday night for some innocent fun.
Jim Colyer Band is a free-wheeling, ever-changing thing. Members come and go. The one constant is my catalog of songs. I do some of the lead vocals but employ females as I write lots of girl songs.
Story behind the song
I was working with Rachel Coogle. She was 20. I used her for the model of LINE DANCER.
Lyrics
She grew up on a farm in Crestwood, Kentucky
Away from all harm, she was just born lucky
When she was at school, all the boys idolized her
Now she's 21, she's a hypnotizer
Line Dancer, romancer
The answer to every cowboy's dream
Line Dancer, sweet prancer
Every inch a country queen
All through the week, she works in the general store
Selling feed to the farmers who line up outside her door
She saves her money, she's gonna have it all someday
She's saving her honey for the husband who's gonna take her away
Line Dancer, romancer
The answer to every cowboy's dream
Line Dancer, sweet prancer
Every inch a country queen
She does her face and she fixes her hair
Boots and jeans are what she'll wear
Puts some gas in her Chevy truck
Fill 'er up!
Saturday night, she's going back for more
The Louisville lights, Coyote's dancing floor
Out on the floor, she thrills 'em once again
Dancing the two-step to Faith Hill and Shania Twain
Line Dancer, romancer
The answer to every cowboy's dream
Line Dancer, sweet prancer
Every inch a country queen
Jim Colyer ASCAP
