I’m gonna set this city on fire tonight, tonight Gonna walk down Broadway, watch the flames and the neon light Tonight, tonight, all night I set the city to flames and watch the purple [?] blues Captivate the little bars playing hillbilly tunes Watch the tours coasting in slow motion happy with the motion ‘Cause they think they’ll get to see somebody famous in person Look, I was born in Nashville, my experience is different To me, it’s nothing but a pit of snakes embedded with sickness ‘Cause I can’t even be accepted in the town I was raised in The voice of the radio, or face of a cool kid I’m gonna set this city on fire tonight, tonight Gonna walk down Broadway, watch the flames and the neon light Tonight, tonight, all night In Music City I don’t get tipsy off of the liquor I don’t hit up [?] to see what’s popping on the weekend I sit in Centennial Park and watch the world rotate around me And listen to people whisper how they think that I’m
[?] So go ahead and keep on the roots that I rooted here I was born [?] this hospital back in 1991 And I ain’t gotta wear [?] where I’m from But you can cross the city limits [?] trucks When the world turns green like a still city skyline This hometown boy don’t ever wanna be [?] ‘Cause we live with their talking and when we talk of this trash Attach white to the label, see how businessmen act And [?] sh** from the [?] dollars for [?] Thought if I start a wild fire there ain’t not promise I could stop it So when the last guitar smashes and the last legend dies Won’t you look up the history of the 615 I’m gonna set this city on fire tonight, tonight Gonna walk down Broadway, watch the flames and the neon light Tonight, tonight, all night I’m gonna set this city on fire tonight, tonight Gonna walk down Broadway, watch the flames and the neon light Tonight, tonight, all night Tonight, tonight, all the night Tonight, tonight, all the night