Bonfire Hero

The other night I ran into this old boy at a bonfire
He was playing the hell out of that guitar
I asked him "Why don't you take your ass to Nashville
Hell you as good as any of them brother"
He said "Man I got a family to feed"
I hear you man but sometimes you gotta chase your dreams

He's a bonfire hero
Playing for everyone he knows
Every Friday night under that moonlight
His legend grows
He pours his soul out on those six strings
In hopes of catching his dreams
Praying he don't wind up empty
He's a bonfire hero

He's got a dream but he don't know how to get it
He's got a vision of hearing himself on the station he listens to
The problem is he don't know nobody that knows the business
So where to turn to turn onto his musical spirit
And clearly his talents are better than most
Everybody that's had the privilege of attending his show go "damn"
Out by that bonfires glow there's a look on folks faces like they seen a ghost
He just another star that hasn't shined
Just another lump of coal in a diamond mine
And he prays day and night that one day he'll take the stage
And the lights that shine won't be from the lights of the fire that's blazing
His inner drive is raging energize when playing
Oh yeah he's tried quitting but he just can't keep it caged in
Ain't nothing gonna save him
He's got the venom in him
I feel him

He's a bonfire hero
Playing for everyone he knows
Every Friday night under that moonlight
His legend grows
He pours his soul out on those six strings
In hopes of catching his dreams
Praying he don't wind up empty
He's a bonfire hero

Ten years later somebody owed him some favors
So they made a couple calls and had A&R's from a label
On the way down with the deal then laid it out on the table
Two days later he was in Nashville signing them papers
The savior had answered the prayers he was praying
So he's slaving away and won't let his chance disappear like them vapors
Nah he caught all of it and bottled it
And every morning he opens his motivation and swallows it
Now he's a star that's about to shine
He was just a lump of coal now he's the biggest diamond in the mine
In time he would find more success more money more friendliness
Then he could ever dream of having
'Cause now every state and stage he plays on
His fans scream and sing along to all of his songs
That's what I call going from nothing to something
That's why he's the

Bonfire hero
Playing for everyone he knows
Every Friday night under that moonlight
His legend grows
He pours his soul out on those six strings
In hopes of catching his dreams
Praying he don't wind up empty
'Cause he's a bonfire hero