The Song Is All That Remains Melody is like a memory And it circles back the past You play your songs while people listen And you pray to God that it will last But you learn to love the girls and whiskey And the crowd screaming out your name You think that you can find redemption In the hot lights of the stage But when the show is over And once again you’re all alone The whiskey bottle is empty And the girls have all gone home You’re back out on a lonesome highway With nothing between you and the rain And you’re hoping God is still listening When the song is all that remains You ain’t been to church in years boy You’re going to hell I suppose Along with that girl in your bathroom And that cocaine in your nose Laying alone on your motel bed Wondering where you changed along the way From a little boy in Virginia Who just wanted a chance to play And when the show is over And once again you’re all alone The whiskey bottle is empty And the girls have all gone home You’re back out on a lonesome highway With nothing between you and the rain And you’re hoping God is still listening When the song is all that remains Yeah, you’re back out on a lonesome highway Nothing between you and the rain And you’re hoping God is still listening When the song is all that remains (words and music by James Wilson) copyright 2009 Joey S Arm Publishing