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
