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