The Shires - Nashville Grey Skies

Nashville attracts dreams from all over; in this case, from Hertfordshire in England.  Alas, the country music of our day is pop infused, but this one is pretty good despite that, an upbeat, catchy tune that sings about hope and dreams.  It's about their hope of building a country music scene in England's Green and Pleasant Land.  That may be a bit of a tall order, but what's country music without big dreams?

But perhaps there's hope for them - this was on their debut album in 2014 which was the first UK country album to peak in the top 10 on the UK Albums Chart.  Quite frankly, it's pretty easy to like - both the music and the attitude.  And they're currently touring with Carrie Underwood which can't hurt their career.

Dream big.



Nashville Grey Skies (Songwriter: )

Well, they'll say it's way too cold for cut-off jeans
And they won't be drinking moonshine but G&Ts
They'll be, country boys at heart
Dancing with sweet, country girls all night

We can build our own Nashville
Underneath these grey skies
And people will come, they'll come from far and wide
They'll leave their village greens and their big cities behind
We can build our own Nashville
It's about time

Won't get that Southern sun, we'll be dancing in the rain
Every single night, we'll do it again and again
All those, country girls at heart
Kissing those, country boys in the dark

We can build our own Nashville
Underneath these grey skies
And people will come, they'll come from far and wide
They'll leave their village greens and their big cities behind
We can build our own Nashville
It's about time
It's about time
It's about time

We can build our own Nashville
Underneath these grey skies
People will come from far and wide
They'll be dancing in the rain
People will come, they'll come from far and wide
(Far and wide, far and wide)
They'll leave their village greens and their big cities behind
We can build our own Nashville
It's about time
It's about time