[Verse 1] Don’t waste your life behind that guitar You may get gone but you won’t get far You’re not the first boy you won’t be the last And you can tell us all about it when you come crawlin’ back Cause that road you’re on it just winds and winds You’re spinning your wheels and wastin’ your time [Chorus] But when the lights come up and I hear the band And where they said I’d never be is right here where I stand I see the crowd and I look around and I can’t find an empty chair Not bad for a boy goin’ nowhere [Verse 2] Now I get these calls out on the road Yeah we heard your song on the radio We always said you’d make it big back then Yeah and I tell everybody that I knew you back when So don’t forget us little folks When you crash and burn remember we told you so [Chorus] But when the lights come up and I hear the band And where they said I’d never be is right here where I stand I see the crowd and I look around and I can’t find an empty chair Not bad for a boy goin’ nowhere [Bridge] And I need to thank the Father for every song I sing And for everyone who ever said I’d never be anything It took a whole lot of ’yes I wills’ and ’I don’t cares’ A lot of run down dives and bars and rain soaked fairs To get to all of you down here and way back there Not bad for a guy goin’ nowhere Not bad for a boy goin’ nowhere