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