Please don't say I sing like Waylon Jennings
Please don't say I look like Charley Pride
And if you say I sing just like Merle Haggard
Then I know that all you folks are on my side

Because I'm just another bar room country singer
I'm trying to make my living with a song
Maybe, one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long

Some folks say I sing like Kenny Rogers
I say Kenny Rogers sings like me
But Kenny sells a million of every single song
I must be doing something wrong

Because I'm just another bar room country singer
I'm trying to make my living with a song
Maybe, one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long

Dolly Parton sings like an angel
She sings just as perty as can be
I'll never be as famous as sweet Dolly
She has two big advantages, you see

Because I'm just another bar room country singer
I'm trying to make my living with a song
Maybe, one day, I'll get to Nashville
But you know that doggone road's so awful long

Well you know that doggone road's so awful long