Story Behind The Song

I wrote this on my way back home from a trip to Nashville.

Song Description

Story about the Reality of going after a dream in life and the sacrifices that have to be made to actually attain it.

Lyrics

? REALITY & DREAMS?


VI
I CAME TO NASHVILLE, TEN YEARS AGO
GONNA MAKE IT BIG, ON MUSIC ROW
HAD MY GUITAR, STRAPPED ON MY BACK
EVERYTHING I OWNED, WAS IN A PAPER SACK
FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOLD ME, FOLLOW THAT DREAM
BUT WHEN I GOT HERE, IT WASN?T LIKE IT SEEMED
DOWN AND DISGUSTED, DAZED AND CONFUSED
HITCH HIKED TO MEMPHIS, THERE I LEARNED THE BLUES

V2.
FLAT BROKE AND BUSTED, NO PLACE TO SLEEP
SPENT MY LAST DOLLAR, ON SOMETHIN? TO EAT
I NEVER BEGGED BEFORE, BUT I HAD TO LIVE
I HAD NOTHIN? LEFT, GAVE ALL I HAD TO GIVE
THEN I MET AN OLD MAN, ON THE STREET ONE DAY
SAID IF YOUR GONNA MAKE IT SON, THERE?S A PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY
CAUSE IT COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN YOU AND IT HAS TO BURN IT SEEMS
IF YOU WILL EVER TURN YOUR REALITIES TO DREAMS

CHORUS:
WHEN YOU SING YOUR SONGS GIVE IT ALL YOU HEART AND SOUL
MIX THAT COUNTRY MUSIC WITH A LITTLE ROCK AND ROLL
REACH DOWN DEEP INSIDE YOU AND BURN THEM GUITAR STRINGS
YOU WILL FIND IN TIME YOUR REALITIES WILL TURN TO DREAMS

V3.
NOW I?M BACK IN NASHVILLE, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, THEN THEY WERE TEN YEARS AGO
I?M PLAYIN? THE OPRY, MY NAMES IN LIGHTS
THAT OLD MAN IN MEMPHIS, TURNS OUT HE WAS RIGHT

CHORUS:

TAG:
CAUSE IT COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN YOU AND IT HAS TO BURN IT SEEMS
IF YOU WILL EVER TURN YOUR REALITIES TO DREAMS





WRITTEN BY BILL ENGLE
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