Everybody has to write a song about Nashville.This is my version.It tells how I'm not ever gonna get there,but I'm happy do'in what I'm do'in anyway.
I'm just a 56 year old cement mixer driver who gets laid off every winter for 3 months.I enjoy writing songs and recording them myself at home on my 8 track Boss BR864 recorder.It's just another one of my many hobbies.I just do it for kicks.Just laid back musical enjoyment.
I have lots of originals and collabs on my page.My originals are are true stories about me,or people I know,or how I feel about things.Collabs are all efforts of me and my Soundclick friends.Doing collabs is my favorite thing here on Soundclick.Hope ya enjoy some of the tunes.
Story behind the song
Everybody has to write a song about Nashville.This is my version.It tells how I'm not ever gonna get there,but I happy do'in what I'm do'in anyway.
Lyrics
NASHVILLE NEVER CALLED Laurel Varner 2005
IM JUST ONE OLD GUITAR PICKER TRY'IN TO MAKE MY MARK
IN A WORLD OF A MILLION PICKERS ,IT'S LIKE STABB'IN IN THE DARK
I'LL NEVER GET RICH AND FAMOUS ,I'LL NEVER BE ON CMT
BUT I'M HAV'IN FUN-PICK'IN AND GRINN'IN ,DOWN HERE IN APPANOOSE COUNTY
I'VE BEEN WRIT'IN SONGS AND RECORDING THEM ,IN MY LITTLE HOME STUDIO
I'VE WROTE ABOUT 11 SONGS NOW , AND IT TOOK ME A YEAR OR SO
I WAS REALLY PROUD OF WHAT I'D DONE ,A BIG IDEA CAME TO ME
TO PACKAGE UP MY SONGS ,AND SEND EM TO NASHVILLE,TENNESEE
(CHORUS)
YEA I SENT MY SONGS TO NASHVILLE ,DOWN IN TENNESEEE
I COULDN'T WAIT FOR CASTLE RECORDS ,TO TELL ME WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW I KNOW , CAUSE IV'E BEEN KEEP'IN TRACK
THAT I SENT MY SONGS TO NASHVILLE ,BUT THEY NEVER HAVE CALLED ME BACK
THEY MIGHT BE HAV'IN PHONE PROBLEMS ,THEY MIGHT BE BROKE DOWN
IF THEY ARE ,IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO FIX ,CAUSE NASHVILLE'S A BIG OLD TOWN
IF I HANG ON A LITTLE LONGER THEY MIGHT GET BACK TO ME
AND TELL ME TO HEAD MY OLD S10 CHEVY ,SOUTH TOWARDS TENNESEE
(LEAD)
ALL THE SONGS THAT I HAVE WRITTTEN ,HAS ONLY BEEN HEARD BY A FEW
MOSTLY CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ,THAT I'VE GAVE MY HOMEMMADE CD TO
SOME STOMP THERE FOOT ,SOME LAUGH, SOME CRACK A BIG OLD SMILE
WHEN I SEE THERE LIK'IN WHAT THEY HEAR ,IT MAKES IT ALL WORTH WHILE
BIGTIME SINGERS HAVE TO TOE THE LINE ,WHEN THERE UNDER A CONTRACT
BUT SINGERS LIKE ME ,DO AS WE PLEASE ,I GUESS I'M HAPPY RIGHT WHERE I'M AT
ALL THAT RED TAPE AINT WHAT I'M INTO ,I'M OFFER'IN MY SONGS FOR FREE
TO ANYBODY THAT CAN USE THEM ,IN NASHVILLE TENNESEE
(CHORUS)
YEA I SENT MY SONGS TO NASHVILLE ,DOWN IN TENNESEE
I COULDN'T WAIT FOR CASTLE RECORDS ,TO TELL ME WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF ME
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW I KNOW ,CAUSE I'VE BEEN KEEP'IN TRACK
THAT I SENT MY SONGS TO NASHVILLE ,BUT THEY NEVER HAVE CALLED ME BACK
THEY MIGHT BE HAV'IN PHONE PROBLEMS ,THEY MIGHT BE BROKE DOWN
IF THEY ARE ,IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO FIX ,CAUSE NASHVILLE'S A BIG OLD TOWN
IF I HANG ON A LITTLE LONGER ,THEY MIGHT GET BACK TO ME
AND TELL ME TO HEAD MY OLD S10 CHEVY ,SOUTH TOWARDS TENNESEE
YEA I'M WAIT'IN ON THE CALL , MY S10'S IN THE DRIVE ,POINTED SOUTH TOWARDS TENNESEE
