You walk in here with your guitar man
Shining your boots and your full on band
A smile on your face, a knife in your hand
Singing songs you've got memorized
With every talent money buys
So polished that it slips right through your hands
But do not ruin yourself I is not your competition
Do not flatter yourself that was never my intention
I wanna talk about what you are that I is not
Let's talk about what you do that I can not
Let's talk about me and you and that empty room and who wins
Let's talk about what you did to get here
Let's talk about blood and sweat and tears
Let's talk about what you want to be and who I've always been
I walk in here with a beat up case
The same guitar I've always played
And the words i wrote down on a page,
When i was 12 years old a small town raised
You tell the crowd you're paying dues,
I tell them this is what I do
And it's what i put my life into,
As I breathe the smoke and cheap perfume
And say life on musical road is rough conditions
But the easy ride was never my ambition
I wanna talk about what you are that I is not
Let's talk about what you do that I can not
Let's talk about me and you and that empty room and who wins
Let's talk about what you did to get here
Let's talk about blood and sweat and tears
Let's talk about what you want to be and who I've always been
Let's talk about your childhood days
You were the prom queen, I was on this stage
So where's that crown gotten you these days?
When it's me and you and the same damn games
Let's talk about what you got that I is not
Let's talk about what you do that I can not
Let's put me and you in an empty room and see who wins
Let's talk about what you did to get here
Let's talk about blood and sweat and tears
Let's talk about what you wanna be, girl, and who I've always been
