Ashley McBryde Returns To CMA Fest: A 2024 Recap

CMA Fest 2025 is back in Nashville from June 5–8, lighting up the city with over 300 country artists across multiple stages. It’s the ultimate celebration of country music, drawing fans from all over the world.

A major highlight is the return of Ashley McBryde (who co-hosted it in 2024), so here’s a moment to soak up her gritty performance from 2024…

CMA Fest isn’t just about fun – it also supports the CMA Foundation’s mission to fund music education across the U.S., making it a cornerstone event in the country music world.

This year’s showdown will see country greats such as Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Kelsea Ballerini, Parker McCollum and Dierks Bentley to name a few!

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
A little outside of Elizabethtown
There’s a little bar where I’d sit down
And trade a couple country songs for Kentucky Bourbon
A little ol’ gal in the middle of the night
Learnin’ how to love and learnin’ how to fight
And learnin’ how to like my brand of hurtin’

[Pre-Chorus]
Hell, there’s hell everywhere I go
I’m just stickin’ with the devil I know

[Chorus]
Mama says get my ass to church
Daddy says get my ass to work
Doctor says I gotta give up on these smokes
Everybody’s got somethin’ to say
About how I gotta change my ways
But I got somethin’ to say of my own
Hell, there’s hell everywhere I go
I’m just stickin’ with the devil I know

[Verse 2]
I love somebody everybody loves
And he’s in love with my messed up
Most folks can’t see my soul through the smoke
And we’re suitcase marks on a hardwood floor
Flippin’ the bird, slammin’ the door
And peelin’ out and turnin’ ’round and comin’ home

[Pre-Chorus]
But hell, there’s hell everywhere I go
So I’m stickin’ with the devil I know

[Chorus]
Mama says get my ass to church
Daddy says get my ass to work
Doctor says I gotta give up on these smokes
Everybody’s got somethin’ to say
About how I gotta change my ways
But I got somethin’ to say of my own
There’s higher roads than I rode
And better choices than I chose
I’m just stickin’ with the devil I know

[Post-Chorus]
Hey, hey
Hey, hey, whoa

[Chorus]
Mama says get my ass to church
Daddy says get my ass to work
Doctor says I gotta give up on these smokes
Everybody’s got somethin’ to say
About how I gotta change my ways
But I got somethin’ to say of my own
Hell, there’s hell everywhere I go
So I’m stickin’ with the devil I know