[Verse 1]
I'm a ghost on the radio
A needle on the vinyl
A country boy survival
The bottom of a bottle, yeah
I’m the fightin' side of you and me
And my heart's down in Tennessee

[Chorus]
And I sing songs about freight trains and prisons
Heartaches and honky-tonks
Cowboys and outlaws
Good-hearted women
In boots and straw hats
All gone, just like that
They can’t even recognize me
They used to call me Country

[Verse 2]
Used to have cool names like Willie and Waylon
Merle and Hank
We all stood together
We sang and we drank
Chased the white lines
Night after night
[Chorus]
Singin' songs about freight trains and prisons
Heartaches and honky-tonks
And cowboys and outlaws
Good-hearted women
In boots and straw hats
All gone, just like that
They can't even recognize me
They used to call me Country

[Verse 3]
Like an old violin
Put away and never played again
Paycheck and Cash
Naw, they ain't comin' back

[Chorus]
They did songs about freight trains and prisons
Heartaches and honky-tonks
Cowboys and outlaws
Good-hearted women
In boots and straw hats
All gone, just like that
They can't even recognize me
They used to call me Country
[Outro]
They used to call me Country
I'm a thing of the past
I'm a ghost on the radio