Nashville Without Rhinestones

Intro 

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Nashville without rhinestones. It's closer than you think 
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Throw your records in the sea and listen to em sink. 
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The town has been corrupted, its soul is now for sale 
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Nashville without rhinestones will be a perfect hell 
 

 
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 Nashville without rhinestones. The prophets say it's coming. 
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But this time, It won't be Dimes the musicians will be bumming.. 
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Folks in condominiums will taste a mystery toast. 
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Nashville without rhinestones, they will proudly boast. 
 

 
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Nashville without rhinestones. No, not a single one. 
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They will all be traded in for a cabin lodge and guns 
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Cadillacs and Telecasters all will be forgotten. 
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Nobody will sing about hogs or picking cotton. 
 

 
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Nashville without rhinestones? You'd think that I've gone mad. 
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For trafficking in feelings too numb to make you sad. 
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But out on that horizon now, I see a sinking ship. 
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Filled with hillbilly ghosts on their final trip. 
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Yeah, filled with hillbilly ghosts on their final trip.  

Instrumental 

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Nashville without rhinestones? Yeah, many folks. They'll cheer. 
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And drown themselves in Burgundy or a local crafted beer. 
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Me. I think I'll step aside.and play an old LP 
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Soaked in sweat and sorrow from Nineteen Sixty Three. 
 

Outro 

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Soaked in sweat and sorrow from Nineteen Fifty Three 
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Soaked in sweat and sorrow from Nineteen Forty Three 
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Soaked in sweat and sorrow from Nineteen Thirty Three 
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Soaked in sweat and sorrow from Nineteen Twenty Three