They wouldn't let him play the opry With whiskey on his breath And it didn't take'em long to figure out what they missed He went down that lost highway Underneath the purple sky A legend disappeared before his time Things Change They said he was the devil dressed in gold leme The way he shook his hips out there on that stage But before that faithful day He left Tennessee All of them were calling him the king Things Change Well they like to call them hippies outlaws with guitars But they brought a little poetry To the honky tonks and bars They might've got a little crazy They might have flew a little too high Somewhere somebody's playing their song tonight Things Change (Don't you know things change) Now some say it's too country Some say it's a little rock n roll But it's just good music If you can feel it in your soul It doesn't really matter It's always been the same life goes on Things Change [Bridge:] Don't you know they change Oh, things change As long as this world is turning Things are gonna change Gonna keep on changing Gonna change