As I drive from your pearly gates

I realize that I just can't stay

All those mountains, they kept you locked inside

And hid the truth from my slighted eyes I came to you with a half-open heart

Dreams upon my back

Illusions of the brand new start

Nashville Can't I carry the load?

Is it my fault that

I can't reap what I sow?

Nashville Did you give me half a chance

With your Southern style?

And your hidden dance away

You dance away, you dance away All these voices, they whisper through my walls

They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all

They say I'm running blind to love of my own

But I'll be walking proud, I'm saving what I still own I fell on my knees to kiss your land

But you are so far down

And I can't even see to stand

In Nashville You forgot the human race

You see with half a mind

What colors hide the face

Nashville I'd like to know your fate, I'd like to stay a while

But I've seen your lowered states today

I've seen 'em today

Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today Now I'm leaving, I've got all these debts to pay

You know we all have our dues, I'll pay 'em some other place

Ah I never ask that you pay me back

We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had Your town is made for people passin' through

A last chance for a cause

I thought I knew

But Nashville You tell me what you are gonna do

With all your Southern style

It'll never pull you through

Nashville I can't place no blame

But if you forget my face

I'll never call your name again

No never again, no never again I fell on my knees to kiss your land

But you are so far down

And I can't even see to stand

In Nashville You forgot the human race

You see with half a mind

What colors hide the face

Nashville I'd like to know your fate, I'd like to stay a while

But I've seen your lowered states today

I've seen 'em today

Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today I'm running away

I'm running away

I'm running, I'm running

I'm running away