Songwriter's Lament Lyrics

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