Written by Dwayne Warwick
The sign says "Welcome to Nashville"
From whatever road you`ve been down
It seems like the first of the milestones
For here is the city, the town
It`s a quaint, old mystical city
Where legends and idols have stood
It`s a place, where dreams come to harbor
A country boy`s Hollywood
But it`s lonely at sundown in Nashville
That`s when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep broken dreams off the street
You`ll walk, down 16th to Broadway
Into a world of heartache and pain
Where hillbilly honky tonk angels
Cry out, from the dark side of fame
You`ll find, some discarded love songs
And tear stains all over the ground
In a city where dreams get shattered
And swept to the outskirts of town
But it`s lonely at sundown in Nashville
That`s when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep, broken dreams off the street
They sweep, broken dreams off the street