Tootsie’s Wall

(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