More songs by Old Dominion
Description
The track sounds like the last song in a bar before the lights come on. It conveys the weariness after a long day and tenderness towards a city where dreams are packed into jeans and three chords. There's the ghost of old hits in the buzz of neon signs, the taste of cheap whiskey, and quiet gratitude to everyone who sang until dawn for a few dollars in the tip jar. The music closes the doors, but it does so gently - with respect for every chord and every unfulfilled hope. A true lullaby for the City of Music.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Well roll, roll Cumberland nice and slow
Wash the broken dreams downstream ‘til tomorrow
Neon buzzin’ for the new kid in town
Brand new jeans and the same ol’ same sound
Ghosts in the jukebox rolling over in their graves
Three part Second Avenue serenade
Goodnight Broadway
Goodnight boots
Goodnight six string honky tonk grooves
Turn the stools over, give the floor a sweep
And rock yourself to sleep
Singing goodnight tip jar troubadours
Spitting the truth with the same three chords
Hang up your rhinestones
And finish your whiskey
And goodnight Music City
Trying to cut corners in a ten-year town
Get your fifteen minutes on a country merry-go-round
Fried bologna sandwich and a PBR
There’s tears in the beers and steel in the guitar
The old Mother Church has heard every last call prayer
Go to bed wishing and wake up a millionaire
Goodnight Broadway
Goodnight boots
Goodnight six string honky tonk grooves
Turn the stools over, give the floor a sweep
And rock yourself to sleep
Singing goodnight tip jar troubadours
Spitting the truth with the same three chords
Hang up your rhinestones
And finish your whiskey
And goodnight Music City
Ghosts in the jukebox rolling over in their graves
Angels and the pickers and the bluebirds all say
Goodnight Broadway
Goodnight boots
Goodnight six string honky tonk grooves
Turn the stools over, give the floor a sweep
And rock yourself to sleep
Singing goodnight tip jar troubadours
Spitting the truth with the same three chords
Hang up your rhinestones
And finish your whiskey
And goodnight Music City
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Goodnight Music City
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Goodnight Music City