Come and vomit down behind the Ryman That stench that's in the alley it's the smell of rock & roll Lose your liquor out behind the Ryman You'll feel better after and it might just save your soul The man in the black puked behind the Ryman So did Charlie Daniels before he got clean BB King added to the puddle it seems when he was turning green It's not that they can't handle their liquor though they've all been known to throw back quite a few it's puke and blood out behind the Ryman cause when in Nashville, do as Nashville do Come and vomit down behind the Ryman That stench that's in the alley it's the smell of rock & roll Lose your liquor out behind the Ryman You'll feel better after and it might just save your soul It started when the building was constructed by good ole' Thomas Ryman back in 1882 I wonder what he'd think If he could smell the stink where the Red-eyed Stranger Willie Nelson spewed Watch the stream running from the Ryman step off stage and let those juices flow Whiskey, piss, and vomit and broken Country dreams Everything you kept inside it's time to let it go Come and vomit down behind the Ryman That stench that's in the alley it's the smell of rock & roll Lose your liquor out behind the Ryman You'll feel better after and it might just save your soul You won't be the third man to do it You might just be ten million and two Blowin' chunks out behind the Ryman with Jack White's Raconteurs and the Good Ole Seven Cinematics crew Come and vomit down behind the Ryman That stench that's in the alley it's the smell of rock & roll Lose your liquor out behind the Ryman You'll feel better after and it might just save your soul