Guy Goin' Nowhere lyrics - Garth Brooks

(originally by Ashley McBride)

Don't waste your life behind that guitar

You may get gone, but you won't get far

You're not the first, boy you won't be the last

And you can tell us all about it when you come crawlin' back

Cause that road you're on, it just winds and winds

You're spinning your wheels, and wastin' your time

But when the lights come up and I hear the band

And where they said I'd never be is right here where I stand

I see the crowd and I look around, and I can't find an empty chair

Not bad for a boy goin' nowhere

Now I get these calls, out on the road

Yeah we heard your song on the radio

We always said you'd make it big back then

Yeah and I tell everybody that I knew you back when

So don't forget us little folks

When you crash and burn, remember we told you so

But then the lights come up and I hear the band

And where they said I'd never be is right here in Spokane

I see the crowd and I look around, and I can't find an empty chair

Not bad for a guy goin' nowhere

And I need to thank the Father for every song I sing

And for everyone who ever said I'd never be anything

It took a whole lot of 'yes I wills' and 'I don't cares'

A lot of run down dives and bars and rain soaked fairs

To get to all of you down here and way back there

Not bad for a guy goin' nowhere

Not bad for a boy goin' nowhere