Lyrics

There Are No Cowboys in Nashville
© 2003 Michael R. J. Roth & Harri Wolf

In Nashville they say that the cowboys were famous
for riding out under the stars
where they dreamed of their ladies by campfire flame as
they sang on their lonesome guitars.

They knew in their hearts what was wrong, what was right,
and lived for the land that they loved,
and when they were forced, they would stand up and fight,
when in doubt, looked to heaven above.

Chorus:
There are still tough guys and outlaws,
and people will string you along,
but it seems we've forgotten the just cause
and the way to know right things from wrong.
So I sing for the boys and the girls dreaming still
for a country where they can belong,
for there are no cowboys in Nashville,
except those who live on in song.

In Nashville the ladies still look for the guys
who can fight and can play their guitars,
but when they look up at the cold rhinestone sky,
it's only to gaze at the stars.

And I look at the people who've lost everything
as the city turns glitter to rust,
what kind of songs will our grandchildren sing,
and what will they sing about us?

Chorus

As you drink from the trough of desire
where your drowned drunken pleasure has gone,
know the current runs deep
where the children still sleep,
dreaming dreams that a cowboy lives on.
So I sing for the boys and the girls dreaming still
for a country where they can belong,
for there are no cowboys in Nashville,
except those who live on in song.