I've climbed up the Eiffel tower Floated down the river Nile Seen the bull fights in Madrid And watched those señoritas smile Been a tourist with my camera At the ruins of Old Rome But the pictures in my mind Are all of home I've seen the opera house in Sydney And the temples of Bombay Watched the seagulls skim the white caps Over San Francisco Bay Seen the palm trees of Tahiti And the sands of Waikiki But there is just one place I'm wishing I could be My heart keeps going back to Nashville That's the only place for me My love is waitin' there in Nashville Nashville, Tennessee They're making music down in Nashville Just the way it ought to be I gotta get that jet back home to Nashville Nashville, Tennessee I've seen the tower of London The dykes of Amsterdam The Taj Mahal, the Berlin wall But through it all, no matter where I am My heart keeps going home to Nashville That's the only place for me My love is waiting there in Nashville Nashville, Tennessee There's a new show at the Ryman Everyone's a Titans fan They're still selling out the Opry It's still Old and it's still Grand They're making music down in Nashville Chet's a-picking one for me I gotta get that jet back home to Nashville Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee