Grand Ole Circle

Writers: Darin Aldridge, Brooke Aldridge, Bill Whyte

They cut it from the Ryman stage in 1974
Roy Acuff helped to place it just right on the Opry floor
There's a microphone standing in the middle where the chosen get to sing

Boots and heels have walked into it left some scuffs and scars
You can feel the ghost of Hank singing Your Cheating Heart
It survived a flood in 2010 there's not one show where its gone missing

Chorus 1
That circle can't be broken
It's always there and open
With a light on it for those who sing their songs
From Bill Monroe to Ricky
To Flatt & Scruggs and Minnie
6 feet of wood it's been there all along
God bless that Grand Ole Circle
For all the years it's been
For dreamers just like us to stand in

We saw it from the wings behind the ropes and were amazed
At all the stars that it held up never thought there'd be a day
That we'd walk into that circle and hear Eddie Stubbs call our names
(Chorus)

Chorus 2
That circle can't be broken
It's always there and open
With a light on it for those who sing their songs
From Marty Vince and Patty
T Tater George and Tammy
6 feet of wood it's been there all along
God bless that Grand Ole Circle
For all the years it's been
For dreamers just like us to stand in

Bridge
It will always be there
It'll live on and on
Other dreamers will stand on it
Long after we're gone

Chorus 3
That circle can't be broken
It's always there and open
With a light on it for those who sing their songs
Whisperin Bill and Jeannie Seely
Loretta, Dolly, Emmy
Six feet of wood it's been there all along
God bless that grand ole circle
For all the years it's been
For dreamers just like us to stand in