NOBODY SAW HIM RUNNING FROM SIXTEENTH AVENUE THEY NEVER FOUND THE FINGERPRINTS OR THE WEAPON THAT WAS USED BUT SOMEONE KILLED COUNTRY MUSIC CUT OUT ITS HEART AND SOUL THEY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER DOWN ON MUSIC ROW
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AND THE LUST FOR WORLDWIDE FAME SLOWLY KILLED TRADITION AND FOR THAT SOMEONE SHOULD HANG FOR THEY ALL SAY NOT GUILTY BUT THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT MURDER WAS COMMITED DOWN ON MUSIC ROW
FOR THE STEEL GUITARS NO LONGER CRY AND FIDDLES BARELY PLAY BUT DRUMS AND ROCK AND ROLL GUITARS ARE MIXED UP IN YOUR FACE OL' HANK WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE ON TODAY'S RADIO SINCE THEY COMMITED MURDER DOWN ON MUSIC ROW
THEY THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD MISS IT ONCE IT WAS DEAD AND GONE THEY SAID NO ONE WOULD BUY THEM OLD DRINKIN' AND CHEATIN' SONGS WELL THERE AIN'T NO JUSTICE IN IT AND THE HARD FACTS ARE COLD MURDER'S BEEN COMMITED DOWN ON MUSIC ROW
FOR THE STEEL GUITARS NO LONGER CRY AND YOU CAN'T HEAR FIDDLES PLAY BUT DRUMS AND ROCK AND ROLL GUITARS MIXED RIGHT UP IN YOUR FACE WHY "THE HAG" HE WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE ON TODAY'S RADIO SINCE THEY COMMITED MURDER DOWN ON MUSIC ROW
WHY THEY EVEN TELL THE "POSSUM" TO PACK UP AND GO BACK HOME SINCE THEY COMMITED MURDER DOWN ON MUSIC ROW