Tonight I’m Paying The Rent

Tonight I'm paying the rent

I drive all night just to sing in Nashville
A couple of songs at the Bluebird Cafe
I drive back home all through the night, dear
For a couple of dances with my breakfast plate

I don't forget about that highway
When the lights in my eyes shine
And the talking in the back of the bar
Honey, I don't mind
Oh, if it don't feed the soul
It's still heaven sent
Yeah tonight I'm paying the rent

I seen a truck on fire
In the still of the night
And a car flipped over
I helped the drunks get a ride

Now I'm glad-handing
At the garden party
They bought the stage, hell
They bought me

I don't forget about that highway
When the lights in my eyes shine
And the talking in the back of the bar
Oh, honey, I don't mind
Oh, if it don't feed the soul
It's still Heaven sent
Yeah, tonight I'm paying the rent

Now let me sing it for the one
Forty acres and a mule
That I left back home
Crying baby too

Squash on the vine
I know this life's for picking
Oh but this rodeo clown
Feels the timer ticking

I don't forget about that highway
When the lights in my eyes shine
And the talking in the back of the bar
Oh, honey, I don't mind
Well, if it don't feed the soul
It's still Heaven sent
Yeah, tonight I'm paying the rent
Tonight I'm paying the rent