Tough Town

This is Nashville
If you ain't tough
You will be
Or you don't have a prayer

This is Nashville
They roll in here
From everywhere
This old town don't care

It's a Tough Town
It's seen it all
You'll go home
If you don't have money

Tough Town
We can all sing
We can all play
Got our own songs, son (honey)

Think your songs are good
They all think that
And that's why
They leave good jobs behind

Leave their girl friends
Leave their boy friends
They have no clue
'Bout the hell they'll find

It's a Tough Town
It's seen it all
You'll go home
If you don't have money
Tough Town
We can all sing
We can all play
Got our own songs, son (honey)

Bridge:
There's room at the top
For only a few
I'd bet my last dollar
It ain't you

guitar

This is Nashville
They roll in here
From everywhere
This old town don't care

It's a Tough Town
It's seen it all
You'll go home
If you don't have money
Tough Town
We can all sing
We can all play
Got our own songs, son (honey)

Jim Colyer ascap

Very nice! If you hadn't mentioned Nashville in the song, I would have thought it was about L.A. I always thought Nashville was different, less competitive, more a 'pure music town'.
'I'd bet my last dollar It ain't you'. Mmmm, such a line lands me (aspiring songwriter) firmly on my feet.
I imagine the music to sound like JJ Cale.