Where can you go to see the country music stars?
Thats what we come to Nashville for
No one comes around to play the pinball machines
Nobody eats at Linebaughs anymore
Now the Oprys gone and the streets are bare
Ernest Tubbs record shop is dark
And the drunks are gone from the Merchants Hotel
Everybodys gone to the park
Where can you go to see the country music stars
Sittin drinkin coffee til four?
Shoneys closed at nine oclock; theres nothing left to do
Nobody eats at Linebaughs anymore
Now the Oprys gone and the streets are bare
Ernest Tubbs record shop is dark
And the drunks are gone from the Merchants Hotel
Everybodys gone to the park
Wont no one hear the phone ring - is Benny Martin there?
Or watch to see who comes in through the door
Cept the few that come around again to use the parking lot
Nobody eats at Linebaughs anymore
Now the Oprys gone and the streets are bare
Ernest Tubbs record shop is dark
And the drunks are gone from the Merchants Hotel
Everybodys gone to the park
Somewhere in the suburbs the Opry plays tonight
But the people come around to take the rides
The park shuts up at bedtime; theres nowheres else to go
Nobody eats at Linebaughs anymore