Intro
Verse 1
I Came Here With A Notebook And A Secondhand Guitar
Sleepin’ In My Chevy, Reachin’ For A Star
I Played The Bluebird, Open Mic Nights
Hoped My Words Would Take Off And Catch Some Flight
Pre-Chorus
But A Million Songs Drop Every Week
Feels Like Shoutin’ In A Storm, Tryin’ To Speak
Chorus
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
Where The Heart Gets Broke Before The Deal
You Sing For Tips At Douglas Corner
And Pray Someday That Dream Turns Real
The Opry’s Light Feels Far Away
But I Still Write Songs Anyway
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
But The Music Never Fades
Verse 2
Met A Girl At The Listening Room, She Sang Like June
Told Me, “They Don’t Pay You Much, But They’ll Remember Your Tune”
She Faced Closed Doors, Just ‘Cause Of Her Name
Still She Wrote With Fire, Set The Stage To Flame
Pre-Chorus
They Say Ai Writes Melodies Now
But It Don’t Know Pain, It Don’t Know How
Chorus
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
Where The Soul’s Worth More Than Gold
You Bleed On Stage At The Basement
Tryin’ To Make Your Story Told
The Rhyme Don’t Pay, The Check Runs Thin
But We Keep Pickin’ Through The Din
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
But The Fire Burns Within
Bridge
From Tin Roof’s Laugh To The Station Inn
We Trade Our Verses Like They’re Sins
Hopin’ Someday, The Right One Hears
The Song We’ve Carried All These Years
Chorus – Key Change to A
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
But These Songs Still Find A Way
Through Heartbreak Nights And Dead-End Gigs
We Write What We Can’t Say
From Belcourt Taps To Puckett’s Stage
We Earn Each Lyric, Page By Page
‘Cause Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
But I’m Here, And I’m Gonna Stay
Outro
Yeah, Nothin’ Comes Easy In Nashville
But That’s Why The Songs Sound This Way
