The Better Part Of Life-Dolly Parton

[ti:The Better Part Of Life] [ar:Dolly Parton] [al:Jolene - My Tennessee Mountain] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Better Part Of Life - Dolly Parton [00:05.76]Down on Music Row [00:06.51]Down on music Row [00:10.44]If you want to be a star [00:12.82]That's where you've got to go [00:19.55]I could feel a change a comin' [00:21.62]I left my hometown a hummin' [00:24.30]With my ol' guitar a strummin' [00:26.74]Songs that I had wrote [00:30.48]I was on my way to Nashville [00:33.10]I just couldn't hardly wait [00:35.53]'Till I could sing my songs [00:37.34]But the folks on Music Row [00:42.09]I got into Nashville early [00:44.20]Sleepy hungry tired and dirty [00:47.00]And on the steps of RCA [00:48.82]I ate a stale sweet roll [00:53.00]In the fountain at the hall of fame [00:55.44]I washed my face and read the names [00:58.24]In the walkway of the stars [01:00.43]Down on Music Row [01:04.61]Down on Music Row [01:07.17]Down on music Row [01:09.47]If you want to be a star [01:11.66]That's where you've got to go [01:14.85]I waited there 'till eight o'clock [01:20.77]When office doors became unlocked [01:23.65]Then I started walkin' [01:25.38]Down the streets of Music Row [01:29.13]Just a walkin' up and down the street [01:32.13]Tryin' to find out who to see [01:34.62]To help me get on record [01:36.93]And to hear the songs I'd wrote [01:41.24]But I found it goin' rough [01:43.17]Everyone was all tied up [01:46.41]Either in a conference [01:48.47]Or in the studio [01:52.41]They said that I could leave a tape [01:54.84]But they'd suggest I didn't wait [01:57.27]'Cause everyone was awful busy [02:00.00]Down on Music Row [02:04.87]But I could feel that change a comin' [02:07.05]And I just kept right on a hummin' [02:09.49]With my ol' guitar still strummin' [02:11.68]All them songs that I'd wrote [02:14.54]And then Chet and Bob at RCA [02:17.66]Well they listened to my songs that day [02:20.41]And they both told me that I was on my way [02:23.78]Down on Music Row [02:27.39]Down on Music Row [02:29.95]Down on music Row [02:32.27]If you want to be a star [02:34.43]That's where you've got to go