Nashville Song

Fade in on the classic story
Of a girl in a beater car looking for glory
But all she's got right now
Is a dog and a bunch of junk
Student loans unpaid
Making minimum wage
And she's on stage by herself
Playing to an empty room
Hoping to break through

And it's about heartaches and mistakes
Watching your bank account trickle away
While you put out an EP
With the rest of the city
And it's about dumb luck
Bein' starstruck
By someone who only has a couple of bucks more than you
But that's nothin' new
Livin' the dream in Nashville

Driving 30 on the 40
To meet someone who used to be somebody
Who tells me I've got what it takes
If I just change everything
Change your name
And change your hair if you're gonna get anywhere
But also be yourself
'Cause baby that's what sells

And it's about heartaches and mistakes
Watching your bank account trickle away
While you put out an EP
With the rest of the city
And it's about dumb luck
Bein' starstruck
By someone who only has a couple of bucks
More than you
But that's nothin' new
Livin' the dream in Nashville

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You keep the day job
To pay for the dream job
'Cause the dream job don't pay the bills
But when you keep the day job
You don't get the dream job
Until your day can be filled
With meetings and cowrites
And stage shows and late nights
The van turns into a bus
Now the Opry, a Grammy
All the things that could be
If you just don't give up

On the heartaches and mistakes
Watching your bank account trickle away
While you put out an EP with the rest of the city
And it's about dumb luck
Being starstruck
By someone who only has a couple of bucks
More than you
But that's nothin' new
Livin' the dream in Nashville

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