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Nashville Queen

from Road Movie by MDH

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"save ten for the tank"

Let The Circle Be Unbroken.

“Just a feeling of solidarity with the entire city sharing an unabashed and serious reverence for the art of song. Songs are spoken about like special memories and their success, financial and otherwise is talked up by tour guides with a kind of national pride you might have listing someone’s achievements of bravery during war. Guitars are gems and music notes and 5-line staves mark everything like hieroglyphs in a pyramid tomb… Full of beans and gatorade I head over to the Ryman and after a high speed debate with myself in the queue I take the plunge and pay $20 to record an original song in the booth just off the stalls area. Looking out on the same set of seats as Neil Young did on the Prairie Wind DVD actually settles the nerves (more of them than usual, not surprising I suppose) and one take seems to be enough, since the vibe was right – right, Elvis?”

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she’s my Nashville queen
up there singin Hank
as I think what could have been
I put a dollar in the bucket and save ten for the tank

I’m wondering if she can see me
I take a seat down at the sleepy end of the bar – no eyes so far
I’m wonderin will she ever notice me
I pull a Lincoln from my jeans lay it flat on the bar – no eyes so far

well she’s singing Bobby Dylan and Jimmy Webb
she’s staring at the ceiling burning through my head
but she’s strummin so gentle on that red, white and blue guitar

she said she comes from South Dakota
I didn’t shout out I was from much further away – nice crowd today
and of the two she sounds much better
the other’s ok but her make-up gives her away – no way jose

when she’s gettin to a high note she tips back her head
what they wouldn’t do to get her into bed
you’ll have to take my word but she’s the best on Broadway I’d say

she’s my Nashville queen
up there singin Hank
as I think what could have been
I put a dollar in the bucket and save ten for the tank

I’m wondering if she can see me
sittin here at the sleepy end of the bar – no eyes so far
I’m wonderin will she ever notice me
with head in hands, elbows rest on the bar – I look up – no eyes so far

She’s still singin Bobby Dylan and Jimmy Webb
staring at the ceiling burning through my head
strummin so gentle on that good old country guitar

she’s my Nashville queen
up there singin Hank
as I think what could have been
I put a dollar in the bucket and save ten for the tank

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from Road Movie, released September 1, 2014

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