Bill Anderson - Nashville Mirrors lyrics

In a dusty old saloon out west in Abilene

Dreaming dreams at forty that he dreamed at seventeen

He sings and plays his guitar for all of you bucks tonight

Still tryin' to be a star and see his name in lights.

Somewhere the organ's playin' a hymn of salvation

As she sings so low for the congregation

In her mind she's at the Opry and her friends filled the pews

And she can hear them saying she's Loretta No.2.

Looking in Nashville mirrors you can close your eyes

And dream who you are

Looking in Nashville mirrors it's easy to see

The reflection of the star.

Loadin' steel in Pittsburg savin' every dime he raise

He's headin' south to Nashville prayin' for the break

Every song he's written it's gonna be a country hit

He hates to leave his family but his dream won't let him quit.

In a honky tonk in Georgia she looks old at sixteen

Lord she hates the spotlights she don't even like the scene

But daddy's pushin' her to be the star he can't be

Those lyin' Nashville mirrors there's so easy to believe.

Looking in Nashville mirrors you can close your eyes

And dream who you are

Looking in Nashville mirrors it's easy to see

The reflection of the star.

Excepting his award on the Grammy show tonight

That cowboy's now an outlaw stoned out of his mind

He's found that a star only lights an empty space

And the mirrors that he dreamed in he can't find the nerve to face.

Looking in Nashville mirrors you can close your eyes

And dream who you are

Looking in Nashville mirrors it's easy to see

The reflection of the star.

Sometimes it takes a lifetime to see the fool you are...