It's time I hit the road again, give my luck just one more spin
Keep picking guitar and writing songs till something good spills from my pen
Last time I set out on this track, had to hock my guitar and hitchhike back
I've saved up some more nickels and dimes to try just one more time
And I'm one stop from nowhere-ness. I'll take my shot and I might miss
But at least I'll have some loneliness to pick on my guitar
Just one chord from playing the blues, but it's my life
And if I choose, I can keep overpaying my dues out in some honky-tonk bar
Playing a honky-tonk bar
Halfway down to Nashville town, on I-40 when my car broke down
Destitute and all alone, about to take a bus back home
When an old mechanic changed my luck, he said
Pay me when you make some bucks
Next morning, I was back on my way to give a dream just one more day
And I'm one stop from nowhere-ness. I'll take my shot and I might miss
But at least I'll have some loneliness to pick on my guitar
Just one chord from playing the blues, but it's my life
And if I choose, I can keep overpaying my dues down in some honky-tonk bar
Playing a honky-tonk bar
Nashville was just like I supposed. Knock on doors, but they're all closed
Till I heard they had an open mic to win a spot on the radio
Lots of names on a sign-up sheet, at least half of them twice as good as me
I finally got on at two a.m. with the judges sound asleep
And I'm one stop from nowhere-ness. I'll take my shot and I might miss
But at least I'll have some loneliness to pick on my guitar
Just one chord from playing the blues, but it's my life
And if I choose, I can keep overpaying my dues out in some honky-tonk bar
Just one stop from nowhere-ness. I'll take my shot and I might miss
But at least I'll have some loneliness to pick on my guitar
Just one chord from playing the blues, but it's my life
And if I choose, I can keep overpaying my dues out in some honky-tonk bar
Just playing a honky-tonk bar