(You're shinin' like a superstar)
Wavin' out the window as he passes 'em by
In a Chevy van, all beat up
(You're shinin' like a superstar)
You're shinin' like a superstar, baby

He sees those chequers an' he hears that roar
From the back of the pack, with fire in his eyes
He did a lotta givin' but he never gave up

An' the crowd goes wild
An' the crowd goes wild
(You're shinin' like a superstar)
An' the crowd goes wild
It's door to door, outta turn four
Yeah, the crowd goes wild
He played the honky-tonks, the roadside bars
Big race, now we cut to, the last ten laps
A red-line reviver just a-jammin' his gears
A real humdinger, a blue-eyed singer
An' the crowd goes wild
(You're shinin' like a superstar, baby)

An' the crowd goes wild
(You're shinin' like a superstar, baby)
Go boy
Here comes junior, sneakin' up

(You're shinin' like a superstar)
He was nothin' but paint
Chartreuse paint

An' the crowd goes wild
Whoa yeah
He was an underdog, a no threat
Now it's coliseums, he's all the rage
Then one night, he wrote a song
Payin' them dues by starvin' to death
An' the crowd goes wild
Made a little record, started catchin' on
The lights go down when he hits the stage

(You're shinin' like a superstar, baby)
One of these days I'm gonna buy you, a big long Cadillac
A nascar jockey, a rookie, a wannabe

Six long hairs bobbin' up an' down
An' the crowd goes wild

Still wet behind the ears
Then he hit the road, frontin' the band
The quickest get stickers
An' the crowd goes wild
(You're shinin' like a superstar, baby)
There are those that are, an' those that ain't
An' the crowd goes wild
An' get you outta this shack
The tension mounts now he's number two
All out of rubber an' runnin' on fumes
But he told his momma every time he come back
With a red guitar around his neck
An' the crowd goes wild
(You're shinin' like a superstar, baby)
(You're shinin' like a superstar)