I was G just 22 when I hit the road 
C Searching for truth, passion, and gold 
I G had an old 6-string, beat up and cracked 
C Hitched all they way and I wasn't coming back 
from G Nashville , Viet C Nashville 
 
I hit town in the middle of the night 
Walked 16th, stared at the light 
My sould was on fire, passion it rose 
I had a young man's dream but I was an old man's fool 
in Nashville, VietNashville 
 
 

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G Gotta little harder there every D day 
G Texas got farther and D farther away 
from Viet G Nashville, yeah Viet C Nashville 
 
Well I started pushing my songs and knocking on doors 
Most everyday I felt more like a whore 
A man said, "son, son you gotta write 
For an 8th grade level divorced housewife 
in Nashville," VietNashville 
 
He said, "It's about money boy, money in the bank 
Country ain's into no existential angst 
Write for the cash, not for the soul." 
Right then I knew man I's bound to roll 
Outta Nashville, VietNashville 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
VietNashville, VietNashville 
 
Yeah, I found me this friend,  
I called him ponytailed Johnny 
Had hair to his ass, the pot made him melancholy 
Got us in this gig down on lower Broadway 
He told us bout a joint man, they never could pay 
Us in nashville, VietNashville 
 
We'd play em our songs, we'd play em some covers 
Their favorite tune was "Redneck Mother" 
We got fired one night down in the 4th set  
To get out alive, I'd've lost that bet 
This big biker chick, she grabbed Johnny's hair 
Never seen a woman get hit by a chair 
Hell, 'cept nashville, VietNashville 
 
Ten years later in the middle of the night 
Skipped out of town, but I was feelin' alright 
Nashville, I owe you a lesson in life 
Stand up for yourself and what you thinks right 
Play what you feel play it straight up 
If you don't hear a single, man, I don't give a fuck 
about Nashville, VietNashville 
VietNashville, VietNashville