The song you can't buy

Verse

there’s a girl on a billboard off the interstate

perfect smile, perfect light-ing

nothing real, just staged

folks say she’s a star now

but i remember when

she couldn’t hold a tune

to save her life back then

uh huh

Pre‑Chorus

but money talks louder

than a heart that’s true

and fame comes quicker

when it’s bought for you

Chorus

you can buy the glitter

you can buy the shine

you can buy a crowd

just to say you’re fine

but when the lights go out

and the truth cuts through

fame don’t mean a thing

if it never came from you

Interlude

Build

hear the steel strings humming

and the bass starts running

as dust kicks up

just like a storm is coming

through...... o-oo-oooo

Drop

fake lights

fake love

all show

no blood

you rise

you fall

no roots

no soul

o-o-oooo

Build

hear the steel strings humming

and the bass starts running

as dust kicks up

just like a storm is coming

o-o-oooo

Interlude

Verse

there’s a boy in the barroom

with a secondhand dream

writes songs on napkins

that nobody’s seen

he don’t got the money

for a billboard sign

but every word he sings

is a spark divine

Pre‑Chorus

and maybe the world

won’t hear him soon

but he’s got something

you can’t buy in a room

Chorus

you can buy the glitter

you can buy the shine

you can buy a crowd

just to say you’re fine

but when the lights go out

and the truth cuts through

fame don’t mean a thing

if it never came from you

Bridge

give me cracked voices

give me real choices

give me stories

that were paid in scars

give me hearts beating

give me souls bleeding

not a wallet

trying to buy the stars

Drop

fake lights

fake love

all show

no blood

you rise

you fall

no roots

no soul

o-oo-oooo

Outro

so chase your dreams

but don’t chase gold

’cause the truest things

can’t be bought or sold

o-oo-oooo