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.Thats 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 thats the way it is on the Nashville scene.
From the outside its a castle, from the inside its a prison its easy to live way beyond your means.
and its 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 thats made of dreams,
but before it does a new star will be shining and 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 thats made of dreams
but before it does a new star will be shining lighting up the Nashville scene,
lighting up the Ole Nashville scene.