(All the names are written there on Tootsie's wall)
I showed up in Nashville broke and scared With an old guitar that I had played for you Walked into a bar and they were havin' a ball And I noticed all the names on Tootsie's wall
Roger Miller had a spot Faron Young some guy shot The Wilburn Brothers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff Now I wish that I was up there with them all I just gotta get my name on Tootsie's wall
I made a connection with some luck A publisher said son I like your stuff And I left this office feelin' ten feet tall And thinkin' about the names on Tootsie's wall
Tex Ritter wrote his name and he's in the Hall of Fame The Osborne Brother and the Glasers too And so many Hanks I couldn't read them all Will there be space for me on Tootsie's wall
Then I've wrote a song and the I recorded it Guess what happened the darn thing was a hit And I knew I'd found success cause after all Yesterday they wrote my name on Tootsie's wall
Now I'm up there with the best Loretta Lynn and Dottie West Minnie Pearl and Patsy Cline was up there too And a thousand more that I just can't recall And I was squeezed in with the rest on Tootsie's wall
There is Jack Greene Jean Shepard there's Warner Mack Jan Howard she's just there Now there's Jay Lee Webb he's up there too Jordanaires Kitty Wells