Intro: As the lights were turned off And the curtain was closed And all of the songs had been sung At the Grand Ol' Opry I sit here and wonder How this great country show had begun Did the great one above us Gather some tears And some heartaches he took from lifes pain And mix it to- -gether With laughter and joy And sprinkle it over the stage Could it be he was thinking One saturday night Of something that we all could share So he started the Opry For you and for me And he put this great show on the air Did he know there'd be happyness Here on the stage Did he know men would cry in the wings And each saturday night Over 70 years Folks have lined up for blocks just to see How the great one has planned The best show in the land On this stage of the Grand Ol' Op- -ry