Boarding the train I don't know if I will ever see her again
But of one thing I am sure I'm headed off to war and I may not come back again
So what's the cost to win people say will change the world but where do I fit in
At least I can wave goodbye to the apple of my eye oh this crazy crazy world
So don't let me sleep I've got a promise to keep
You will be on my mind saying be strong in this fight carrying me through these troubled times
So wake me up in Nashville because it's where I want to be
And I will meet you on the platform at 3:15
And I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light
Wake me up in Nashville let me hold you tonight
Do you understand as I put that twenty dollars in your hand
The task that you must do may mean little to you but it means everything to me
Now my friends they may get lost as they're fighting for what they believe
But if you are all I've got, your picture in my pocket watch
Capturing that smile is all I want to do for now
I may be gone a while but I will make it back somehow
So wake me up in Nashville because it's where I want to be
And I will meet you on the platform at 3:15
And I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light
Wake me up in Nashville let me hold you
I'm pulling into Nashville and that's where I want to be
Got 15 seconds till I see you and I hold you tenderly
But he says sir you must wake I've made a terrible mistake
Now it's 4am you said on you I could depend from Pensacola onto journeys end
So wake me up in Nashville because it's where I want to be
And I will meet you on the platform at 3:15
And I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light
Wake me up in Nashville let me hold you tonight
And let me hold you tonight
Let me hold you tonight
And let me hold you tonight
Let me hold you tonight
