nashville, tennessee

it wasn't easy leaving memphis

but i needed me a gig

and i had this crazy beautiful feeling

man

i was on the cusp of something big

so i hit the interstate to nashville

and i made my noble stand

paying off some old karma

with the stacy mitchhart band

i'm a music city blow-in

cause this is where i need to be

i'm one part psychedelic gypsy

three parts blue-eyed refugee

i've come a long way from graceland

and you can quote me free

my soul is in memphis

but my ass is in nashville

tennessee

well i sat in with some cats

and pretty soon word snuck around

that the dude they know as goldilocks

has the wildest organ in town

i'm still dressing out of lansky's

so if you see me man

don't shoot

i'm just prowling on down music row

in my willie mitchell suit

hey

i'm a music city blow-in

cause this is where i need to be

i'm one part psychedelic gypsy

three parts blue-eyed refugee

i've come a long way from graceland

and you can quote me free

my soul is in memphis

but my ass is in nashville

tennessee

well i wake up every morning

with words of praise upon my lips

praise for the pioneers and outlaws

that made this city hip

for the men who made nashville nashville

and the women behind the men

who put the funk back into country

and made nashville great again

i'm a music city blow-in

cause this is where i need to be

i'm one part psychedelic gypsy

three parts blue-eyed refugee

i've come a long way from graceland

and you can quote me free

my soul is in memphis

but my ass is in nashville

tennessee

my soul is in memphis

but my ass is in nashville

tennessee

my soul is in memphis

but my ass is in nashville

tennessee

nashville

tennessee