The other night I ran into this old boy at a bonfire
He was playin' the hell out of that guitar
I asked him "Why don't you take your ass to Nashville
Hell you as good as any of them brother"
He said "Man I got a family to feed"
I hear you man but sometimes you gotta chase your dreams

He's a bonfire hero
Playing for everyone he knows
Every Friday night under that moonlight
His legend grows
He pours his soul out on those six strings
In hopes of catching his dreams
Prayin' he don't wind up empty
He's a bonfire hero

He's got a dream but he don't know how to get it
He's got a vision of hearing himself on the station he listens to
The problem is he don't know nobody that knows the business
So where to turn to turn onto his musical spirit
And clearly his talents are better than most
Everybody that's had the privilege of attending his show go "damn"
Out by that bonfires glow there's a look on folks faces like they seen a ghost
He just another star that hasn't shined
Just another lump of coal in a diamond mine
And he prays day and night that one day he'll take the stage
And the lights that shine won't be from the lights of the fire that's blazin'
His inner drive is ragin' energize when playin'
Oh yeah he's tried quittin' but he just can't keep it caged in
Ain't nothin' gonna save him
He's got the venom in him
I feel him

He's a bonfire hero
Playing for everyone he knows
Every Friday night under that moonlight
His legend grows
He pours his soul out on those six strings
In hopes of catching his dreams
Prayin' he don't wind up empty
He's a bonfire hero

Ten years later somebody owed him some favors
So they made a couple calls and had A