She's never in the spotlights but everybody knows that she's the star
And once she shines upon you she'll make you truly proud of where you are
She'll wipe away the pain of all the dues you've had to pay
When the curtain to her world starts to unfold
With mother tender hand she will applaud and feed the hunger in your soul

And she's known as the Grand Ole Opry
Where the legends come to call
She's the queen of country music
She's the grandest lady of them all

She sings of desperadoes the lonesome whistle love of midnight train
The coal mines of Kentucky and how it feels to be out in the rain
She sang of Texas cowboys of hoboes and the heroes
And the loneliness up where and prison blues
But most of all she sang about the common people just like me and you

And she's known as the Grand Ole Opry
Where the legends come to call
She's the queen of country music
She's the grandest lady of them all