The Nashville Scene

The streets are paved with tourist and the record companies flourish

Lord knows every singer wants to be the king

But some of them couldn't take it and some good one's didn't make it

That's the way it goes on the Nashville scene

Now there's a wino on the corner, he was a well known guitar picker

'Til he got burned out by the game

Now he'll bum you for some whiskey

And tell you how it was back in '52 when he played for Hank

And I'm watching the sun go down this evening

And soon it will wake this town thats made of dreams

But before it does a new star will be shining

And that's the way it is on the Nashville scene

From the outside it's a castle, from the inside its a prison

It's easy to live way beyond your means

And it's a long, long way to the top and even further when you drop

And I've been on both ends of the Nashville scene

And I'm watching the sun go down this evening

And soon it'll wake this town that's made of dreams

But before it does a new star will be shining

Lighting up the ole Nashville scene

And I'm standing here as the sun goes down this evening

And soon it will wake this town that's made of dreams

But before it does a new star will be shining

Lighting up the Nashville scene

Lighting up the ole Nashville scene