Gene Watson Lyrics: 'You Can't Get Arrested in Nashville'

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'You can't get arrested in Nashville'
Written by Hugh Prestwood
Published by Careers Music Inc. (BMG) BMI

Key to the city, on the wall
Platinum albums line your hall
So how come nobody's returning your call
When all you want to do is sing

Too old to start over, too young to quit
But it's been so long since you hit
And everyone knows that since Elvis split, the almighty dollar is king

There on the jukebox
Ain't that your name
Hey, weren't you headed for the Hall of Fame?

Well, you're tried & you're tested
And your songs are still requested
But you can't even get arrested in Nashville

If they make you an offer, you won't refuse
Down here they don't let beggars choose
But didn't you already pay these dues
About a million miles ago
They say your name is still a household word
But what good is it, if you can't get heard

Well, you're tried & you're tested
And your whole life is invested
But you can't even get arrested

Time is not on your side
Oh, time is on the rise
You know it's not enough to just break even
When all your true believers stop believin'

Well, you're tried & you're tested
And your songs are still requested
But you can't even get arrested

Well, you're tried & you're tested
And your whole life is invested
But you can't even get arrested...in Nashville

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'You can't get arrested in Nashville' was originally included on the following album:

'At Last' (Warner Bros. Records, 1991)

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Gene Watson Lyrics:

'A cold day in July'

'A gifted hand'

'A good place to turn around'

'All my tomorrows'

'A memory away'

'A way to survive'

'After the party'

'Ain't no fun to be alone in San Antone'

'All hat no cattle'

'Almost like having you here'

'Alone together tonight' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Amazing grace'

'And then you came along'

'Any way you want me'

'Ashes to ashes'

'Atlanta anymore'

'Back in the fire'

'Beautiful you'

'Because you believed in me'

'Bedroom ballad'

'Before the hammer could ring'

'Before the next teardrop falls'

'Between this time & the next time'

'Bitter they are, harder they fall'

'Booked tonight in heaven'

'Bottle of tears'

'Burning memories'

'Change her mind'

'Circle driveway'

'Class reunion'

'Climb higher'

'Cold summer day in Georgia'

'Come back home'

'Completely out of love'

'Cool ole fool'

'Couldn't love have picked a better place to die'

'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time'

'Do you have any plans for me'

'Don’t look at me (in that tone of voice)'

'Don't waste it on the blues'

'Don't you ever get tired of hurting me'

'Down and out this way again'

'Down here on my knees'

'Dreams of a dreamer'

'Drinkin' my way back home'

'Drivin' me sane'

'Eli Funkelby'

'Even at it's worst, it's still the best'

'Everybody needs a hero'

'Everything I used to do'

'Farewell party'

'Fightin' fire with fire'

'Florence Jean'

'Flowers'

'For the first time'

'For the memories'

'Forever again'

'Fourteen carat mind'

'From cotton to satin'

'Full time fool'

'Get along little doggie'

'Getting over you again'

'Getting used to being loved again'

'Give her my best'

'Gone for good'

'Got no reason now for going home'

'Growing apart'

'Have a good day'

'He little thinged her out of my arms'

'Her body couldn't keep you (off my mind)'

'Her heart or mine'

'He's back in Texas again'

'Hey Barnum and Bailey'

'Hey Louella'

'Hold that thought'

'Honky tonk crazy'

'How good a bad woman feels'

'I always get it right with you'

'I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)'

'I catch myself'

'I didn't think of you at all'

'I don't know how to tell her'

'I don't need a thing at all'

'I don't think she'd really mind at all'

'I feel a sin coming on'

'I guess you had to be there'

'I knew we could never love for long'

'I know an ending'

'I know what it's like in her arms'

'I must be somebody else'

'I never go around mirrors'

'I saved your place'

'I told a lie'

'I want my rib back'

'I wonder how it is in Colorado'

'I won't be sleeping alone'

'I’d settle for just crossing her mind'

'I'd love to live with you again'

'If I painted a picture'

'If I were you, I’d fall in love with me'

'If I'm a fool for leaving'

'If love could find us now'

'I know an ending'

'If the shoe fits, wear it'

'If you can't come, just call'

'I'll feel fine'

'I'll run right back to you'

'I'm gonna kill you'

'I'm not strong enough'

'I'm tellin' me a lie'

'In a perfect world'

'In love all alone'

'In other words'

'Independence day'

'It ain't nothing new' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'It don't hurt me half as bad'

'It's just a matter of time'

'I've been down some roads'

'Jesus is all I need'

'John's back in town'

'Just how little I know'

'Just in case'

'Just to hold her'

'Leavin's been comin' for a long, long time'

'Let's give it up or get it on'

'Lily Dale'

'Listen, they're playing my song'

'Little by little'

'Long enough to care'

'Love in the hot afternoon'

'Love's tombstone'

'Make sure you got it all'

'Making everything perfect tonight' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Mama sold roses'

'Maybe I should have been listening'

'Memories to burn'

'Mirrors don't lie'

'Missing you just started hittin' home'

'Most of all why'

'Mr. Candyman'

'My eyes are jealous'

'My eyes are on the prize'

'My memories of you'

'My sweet love ain't around'

'Next to nothing'

'No goodbyes'

'No one will ever know'

'No trash in my trailer'

'Nobody's baby tonight'

'Nothing about her reminds me of you'

'Nothing sure looked good on you'

'Old loves never die'

'Old porch swing'

'One and one and one'

'One hell of a heartache'

'One sided conversation'

'One too many times'

'Only yesterday'

'Out of hand' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Over there'

'Pick the wildwood flower'

'Precious memories'

'Raining in Dallas'

'Raisin' cane in Texas'

'Roads & other reasons'

'Rose in the sand'

'Sailing home to me'

'Shadows on the wall'

'She found the key'

'She had me'

'She has no memory of me'

'She sure makes leaving seem easy'

'She's leavin' looking good'

'She's no lady'

'She's not yours anymore'

'Shine from the mountain'

'Should I come home (or should I go crazy)'

'Silver bells'

'Simple minded heart'

'Sittin' on a gold mine'

'Smithereens'

'Snake in the house'

'Someone's child'

'Somethin' 'bout being gone'

'Sometimes I get lucky and forget'

'Somewhere beyond nowhere'

'Somewhere over you'

'Speakin' of the angel'

'Speak of the devil'

'Speak softly (you're talking to my heart)'

'Speak well of me'

'Starting new memories today'

'Staying together' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Still they call me love'

'Stranger in our house tonight'

'Sweet thang' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Take it from me'

'Take me as I am (or let me go)'

'Take off them shoes'

'Taste of the truth'

'Tennessee sunshine'

'Texas Saturday night'

'That evil child'

'That's when you know it's over'

'The ballad of Richard Lindsey'

'The beer at Dorsey's Bar'

'The birds & the bees'

'The bitter they are, the harder they fall'

'The Chesapeake bay'

'The city'

'The coast of Texas'

'The girl I used to run around on'

'The good ole days are right now'

'The great divide'

'The heart of a clown'

'The jukebox played along'

'The last thing I planned to do today was cheat'

'The look in baby's eyes'

'The man an' me and you'

'The man that broke your heart'

'The New York times'

'The old man and his horn'

'The only difference'

'The sun never comes up again'

'The truth is I lied'

'The workin' end of a hoe'

'Thinking 'bout leaving'

'This circus that you call a rodeo'

'This could go on forever'

'This country's bigger than Texas'

'This dream's on me'

'This is my year for Mexico'

'This just ain't no good day for leavin'

'This side of the door'

'This song is just for you'

'This torch that I carry for you'

'This wanting you' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Those eyes that lie to me'

'Three minutes at a time'

'Through the eyes of love'

'Til a better memory comes along'

'Til Melinda comes around'

'Till the end' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Til you can make it on your own'

'Today I started loving you again'

'Together again'

'Tryin' to satisfy you'

'Two right people'

'Walking back to Birmingham'

'We got a bad thing goin''

'We robbed trains'

'We've got a pulse' (duet with Trace Adkins)

'What a difference a day made'

'What she don't know won't hurt her'

'When a fool learns'

'When a man can't get a woman off his mind'

'When my Daddy danced'

'When my world left town'

'When she comes back'

'When she touches me'

'When there's not a tear left to my name'

'When you're not looking back'

'Where I’m concerned'

'Where love begins'

'Whose fool I wanna be'

'Will the circle be unbroken'

'Winds of change'

'Wino's prayer'

'With any luck at all'

'Would it be cheating'

'Wrong way to find Mr. right'

'You can't believe a thing I say'

'You can't get arrested in Nashville'

'You can't take it with you when you go'

'You could know as much about a stranger'

'You gave me a mountain'

'You pushed me to the limit'

'You put out an old flame last night'

'You sure make cheatin' seem easy'

'You took her off my hands'

'You waltzed yourself right into my life'

'Your money & my good looks' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Your uncharted mind'

'You're just another beer drinkin' song'

'You're out doing what I'm here doing without'

'You're what's happened to me'

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