() ()  ()  ()  ()  () The ()streets are paved with tourists And the ()record company flourshed ()Lord knows every singer wants to be the ()king But some of’em couldn’t take it ()And some good ones didn’t make it ()That’s the way it goes ()on the Nashville ()scene ()Now there’s a whino on the corner He was a ()well known guitar picker ()Till he got burned out by the ()game Now he’ll bum you for some whiskey And ()tell ya how it was ()Back in 52 ()when he played for() Hank And ()I’m watchin’ the ()sun go down this ()evenin’ And ()soon it’ll wake this ()town that’s made on ()dreams But ()before it does a ()new star will be ()shinin’ That’s the way ()it is on the Nashville ()scene From the ()outside it;s a castle From the ()inside its a prison Its() easy to live way beyond your ()means And it’s 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 watchin’ the ()sun go down this ()evenin’ And ()soon it’ll wake this() town that’s made on() dreams But() before it does a() new star will be ()shinin’ ()Lightin’ up the Nashville ()scene Yeah and I’m ()standin here as the ()sun goes down this ()evenin’ And ()soon it’ll wake this ()town that’s made on ()dreams But ()before it does a ()new star will be ()shinin’ Lightin’() up the Nashville ()scene Lightin’() up the ole Nashville ()scene