Busted In A Boomtown

I came to New York to look for work

Got a day job workin as a night clerk

A sure-fire tip from a shell-shocked friend

Gave him all my money never saw him again

So I headed down south to the lone star state

I got lost in Austin and I couldn’t relate

Everybody I knew was an up and coming brand new

ext best thing redefining the genre

I'm busted

Busted in a boomtown

Nashville Nashville everybody Nashville

It's not just country and everybody’s real chill

Met for a writing session over breakfast

Had one mimosa made a beeline for Memphis

But everybody’s moving to the great Northwest

So I picked up my pieces and I joined the quest

One night in Tacoma it was plain to see

I missed the boat again and the boat missed me

I'm busted…

Oh babe dontcha let it bring you down

Oh I know you know I know it's hard

Oh don't it make you feel like a clown

When you're busted

Busted in a boomtown

Then I heard myself saying what I never thought I would

I caught myself doing what I never thought I could

It's come down to this, today's the day

I grabbed my guitar and moved to LA

But I gotta move forward I don’t wanna look back

I gotta tear down a mansion and put up a shack

Saw a sign drive by on the back of a truck

“At the end of the day you’re at the mercy of luck”

I'm busted…

Then a friend said the windy city's where you should be

I said you mean where Bo Diddly, Sam Cooke, Smashing Pumpkins

Nat King Cole, Buddy Guy, Howling Wolf, John Prine, Cheap Trick

And Chicago came from?

He said, yeah, among others, let’s go

Sweet home, Chicago

I said, you got any money? He said oh no...

He said you got any money? I said oh no...

I'm busted

Busted in a boomtown