This performance is more than just alright, alright, alright.

Kelly Clarkson and Matthew McConaughey joined forces on her talk show Sept. 30 to sing a poem the actor wrote set to the tune of ZZ Top’s 1972 track “Just Got Paid” that he came up with while on a road trip.

“You know that little chorus in ZZ Top’s ‘I just got paid today and got myself a pocketful of change?’” he said before humming the music.

“That meter — all of a sudden, lyrics and couplets started fitting into it. And on this road trip, I recorded them, got back and there was, like, 120 lines. And I was like, ‘Let’s look at this and see if any of it’s worth a damn.’ That one’s called ‘Changing Lanes.’”

“Changing Lanes” is one of the pieces included in his new book, “Poems & Prayers.”

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