He's Gone Country

A girl has been playing music in her room for ten years, dreaming of making it big in Nashville. Her family doesn't support her dreams and her father is speaking out against wealth and privilege. She decides to leave home and pursue her country music career. Meanwhile, a man in LA is struggling financially and feels out of place in the music scene. The girl eventually finds success and becomes a country music star. The song suggests that everyone is embracing country music and the whole world has gone country. She's been playin' in her room on the strip For ten years in vain, said I Every night she looks in the mirror and she only aims She's been readin' about Nashville on the records and everybody's buyin' Said I'm a simple girl myself, grew up on Long Island So she packs her bags to try her hand, said this might be my last chance She's gone country, she's lookin' down the moon She's gone country, back to her room She's gone country, I did kinda soon She's gone country, yeah she gone Well, her folks seems dead, but he's holdin' out in revenge He's been writin' songs, speakin' out against wealth and privilege He says, I don't believe in money, but a man could make him a killer Some of that stuff don't sound much different than Bill Out here, down there, it's changed, you see They're not as backward as they used to be She's gone country, she's lookin' down the moon She's gone country, back to her room She's gone country, I did kinda soon She's gone country, yeah she gone He's a Mr. L.A., he's got a house in Nevada But the bills are pilin' up, and the pop scene just ain't on the rise He says, honey, I'm a serious composer, so screw the laws and composition With crime and the smog these days, this ain't no place for children Lord, it sounds so easy, but it shouldn't take long She's back in the money, in no time at all She's gone country, she's lookin' down the moon She's gone country, back to her room She's gone country, I did kinda soon She's gone country, yeah she gone Yeah, she's gone country, it's a new kind of war She's gone country, it's a new kind of talk She's gone country, she's lookin' down the moon She's gone country, back to her room She's gone country, she's gone country Everybody's gone country Everybody's gone country The whole world's gone country