Nashville cats play clean as country water Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew Nashville cats been playin' since they was babies Nashville cats get work before they're two Well, there's 1,352 guitar pickers in Nashville And they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a Tennessee anthill Yeah, there's 1,352 guitar cases in Nashville And anyone that unpacks his guitar can play twice as better than I will Yes, I was just 13, you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high When I heard a couple new-sounding tunes on the tubes and they blasted me sky-high And the record man said, everyone is a yellow sun record from Nashville And up north here ain't nobody buys them And I said, but I will And it was Nashville cats play clean as country water Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew Nashville cats been playin' since they was babies Nashville cats get work before they're two Well, there's 16,821 mothers from Nashville All their friends play music and they ate up tight if one of the kids will Because it's custom made for any mother's son to be a guitar picker in Nashville And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about the music and the mothers from Nashville And Nashville cats play clean as country water Nashville cats play wild as mountain dew Nashville cats been playin' since they was babies Nashville cats get work before they're two