No Stars in Nashville Tonight (4:13)

NO STARS IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT

SHE HAD A SPARKLE, A GLITTER INSIDE
SHE SHOWED TO YOU WHEN YOU LOOKED IN HER EYES
AND IF YOU WERE CLOSE TO HER, YOU'D BE WARMED BY HER SMILE

SHE SPREAD JOY EVERYWHERE THAT SHE'D GO..
EACH SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE OLD OPRY RADIO SHOW
YOU COULD HEAR HER BRIGHT VOICE & THE LAUGHTER WOULD RING

BACK THEN IT WAS KNOWN AS THE HILLBILLY CHURCH
SENDING OUT LOVE TO A WHOLE UNIVERSE
OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED ITS HELP TO SURVIVE

IT WAS AS 'THO, JUST FOR A WHILE
THE STARS CAME TO SHINE, MAKING YOU SMILE
AND HELPING TO MAKE ALL YOUR TROUBLES AND CARES DISAPPEAR

BUT THE WAY THAT IT IS AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS
MAY SEEM THE SAME BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE
'THO ALL OF THAT NEON SO PRETTY IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
WHEN THEY TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
THERE'S NO STARS IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT

NO ONE COULD KNOW WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL
ONE DAY SHE WOULD BE MINNIE THE PEARL
WITH A SONG IN HER HEART
FOR ALL THAT WAS RIGHT WITH THIS WORLD
HE WAS BORN HIRAM, HANK WILLIAMS THE KING
FOR THE SONGS THAT HE WROTE AND THE WAY THAT HE'D SING
WITH THE PAIN IN HIS HEART WE ALL KNOW SO WELL

ITS THE END OF AN ERA, THE TURN OF A PAGE
AS YOU LOOK TO THE PLACE
THEY ONCE STOOD ON THE STAGE
'CUZ WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK
FOR A STAR THAT COULD SHINE FOR ALL TIME
AND WHEN THEY TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
THERE'S NO STARS IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT

THEN ALL AT ONCE SOME NEW STAR APPEARS
BUT THEY BURN OUT SO FAST YOU FORGET THEY WERE HERE
AND IN A MOMENT, THEY FADE OUT OF SIGHT
WHEN THEY TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
THERE'S NO STARS IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT