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 r s from a label on the way down with the deal then laid it out on the table two days later he was in nashville signin them papers the savior had answered the prayers he was prayin so he s slaving away and won t let his chance disappear like them vapors nah he caught all of it and bottled it and every morning he opens his motivation and swallows it now he s a star that s about to shine he was just a lump of coal now he s the biggest diamond in the mine in time he would find more success more money more friendliness then he could ever dream of havin cause now every state and stage he plays on his fans scream and sing along to all of his songs that s what i call going from nothin to somethin that s why he s the 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 cause he s a bonfire hero