Getting Old On Lower Broadway

[Jim Colyer]

We came down here in sixty-one
Me and my parents to the Grand Ole Opry
Saw Marty Robbins play the Ryman
This town made an impression on me
A few blocks on the Cumberland River
Tootsie's, Legends, Ernest Tubb's
Starting to think it's a cemetery
No one knows who Ernest Tubb was

Getting Old On Lower Broadway
Here in Nashville, Tennessee
Time really flies in this here town
It's made an old man outta me
I came back here at twenty-nine
Knew from the start I's gonna stay
That was some forty years ago
Getting Old On Lower Broadway

Now it's Eric, Jason and Luke
Miranda, Kacey and Little Big Town
I'm still singing at WannaB's
This karaoke sure gets me down
Gotta watch out for those cops
Those bloodsuckers are everywhere
They'll pull you over, take your money
Take you to jail, they don't care

Getting Old On Lower Broadway
Here in Nashville, Tennessee
Time really flies in this here town
It's made an old man outta me
I came back here at twenty-nine
Knew from the start I's gonna stay
That was some forty years ago
Getting Old On Lower Broadway

When I'm dead
Make this my grave
Bury me down
On Lower Broadway

Getting Old On Lower Broadway
Here in Nashville, Tennessee
Time really flies in this here town
It's made an old man outta me
I came back here at twenty-nine
Knew from the start I's gonna stay
That was some forty years ago
Getting Old On Lower Broadway

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Edited May 13, 2015 by Jim Colyer