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I was standing at the end of the very longest line |
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Between everywhere and nowhere I could not make up my mind |
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Stole enough to keep me honest, walked a crooked mile, I know |
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I had more time than money, I had no place left to go |
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Closed my eyes and chose a destination like any good refugee |
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I stuck a fork into a roadmap right through Nashville, Tennessee |
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Swimming pools, country stars |
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Hitchhiking on the shoulder of the road to nowhere fast |
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I flagged down a ride, next thing I know we're haulin' ass |
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I turned to the scarecrow, to the lion, to the tin man |
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I said "Everyone in Nashville gonna wonder where we been man" |
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'cross the bridge into Memphis, I had my hat in my hand |
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Paid our respects to He King and drove on to the promised land |
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Welcome to Nashville - land of opportunity |
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Welcome to Nashville - your cab driver knows Alan Jackson |
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Welcome to Nashville - the dreams are shoulder to shoulder |
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Welcome to Nashville... |
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We corssed against the light on Broadway, we just got into town |
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Nobody saw the blind man who was showing us around |
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He'd just moved back to Nashville for teh forty-second time |
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Introduced himself as "Hey Buddy, can you spare a dime?" |
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He was back without a vengeance, he arrived there with a thud |
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He was living on the sidewalk, he was thinning out his blood |
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I told the hotel clerk about my band and our show in town tonight |
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He said "Let me guess - John, Paul, George and Ringo, am I right? |
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Take a look around you, Buddy, don't you know where you are? |
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You can't throw a rock without hitting some guy with a guitar. |
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Since you brought it up I must confess I got my own band, too." |
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He said his name was Wallace hartley, I said "Fancy meetin' you! |
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Welcome to Nashville - everyone's a songwriter |
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Welcome to Nashville - get yourself a crappy day job |
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Welcome to Nashville - they're gonna tear you a new one |
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Welcome to Nashville... |
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If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around |
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If a band plays in Nashville does it make a sound? |
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We did our bet three minutes that nobody came to see |
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But we sure put some time out of its misery |
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Singin' 'bout wallpaper cowboys and Hemmingway cats |
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To a conflict of disinterest from their boots down to their hats |
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I sang 'em six or seven hundred of my very best melodies |
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They just said "Boy, ain't you got any other songs than these?" |
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I go walkin' after midnight goin' where the lonely go |
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I got heartaches by the number, hear that lonesome whistle blow |
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I took the grand tour, lived the night life, saw the rose garden too |
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Found a good hearted woman but I can't stop lovin' you |
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If it's only maek believe well who's to bless and who's to blame |
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'cause I walked the line and they never even called me by my name |
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Welcome to Nashville - man these guys are serious |
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Welcome to Nashville - I've got a friend who's got a friend |
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Welcome to Nashville - would you like fries with that? |
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Welcome to Nashville - now go on home |