It's The Song Lyrics - Metropolitan Hotel - Chely Wright

Different day, different town 

Set it up to tear it down 

Oh I ain't been home in almost fifty days 

Houston, Baton Rouge 

Poor girl's gotta pay her dues 

And the speeder bus is always driving away 

Oh I love what I do 

But I wonder what I do it all for 

But when I sing, they sing along 

I forget where I am 

But I know where I belong 

The reason why I'm standing here 

[Chorus:] 

It's not the miles 

It's not the pay 

It's not the show 

It's not the fame that makes this home 

It's the song 

Her birthday was in Alabama 

Father's day was in Montana 

And on Mother's day I was nowhere near the phone 

Every hotel bed feels the same 

As the last one where I stayed 

And it's bending in my sheet 

And falling asleep alone 

Oh I love what I do 

But I wonder what I do it all for 

When I sing, they sing along 

I forget where I am 

But I know where I belong 

The reason why I'm standing here 

[Chorus:] 

Dolly and Loretta 

Maybe some Patsy Cline 

I'm so lonesome I could cry 

But when I sing, they sing along 

I forget where I am 

But I know where I belong 

The reason why I'm standing here 

It's not the ride 

It's not the name 

It's not just staying in the game 

It's not the miles 

It's not the pay 

It's not the show 

It's not the fame that makes this home 

It's the song 

It's the song