She's never in the spotlights but everybody knows that she's the star
And once she shines opon you she'll make you truly proud of where you are
She'll wipe away the pain of all the dues you had to pay
When the curtain to her world starts to unfold
With mother tender hand she will applaud and feed the hunger in your soul
And she's known as the Grand Ole Opry where the legend come to call
She's the queen of country music she's the grandest lady of them all
She sings of desperados and lonesome whistle love and midnight train
And the coal mines of Kentucky and how it feels to be out in the rain
She sings of Texas cowboys of hoboes and of heroes
And the loneliness up where and prison blues
But most of all she sings about the common people just like me and you
And she's known as...