Tennessee

Lyrics

I saw the river playing in the valley
 Rushin' 'round the bend and skippin' stones
 I saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight
 I've come to get my girl and take her home
 Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster
 Her sister never left and look what it cost her
 We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career
 out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear
 Marry me and leave Kentucky, come to Tennessee
 Cause you're the only ten I see
 You're the only ten I see
 I've looked through offices and honky tonks for a man man enough to be
 Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee
 Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee
 Punk rock died when the first kid said
 "Punk's not dead, punk's not dead"
 You know Louisville is death
 We've got to up and move
 because the dead do not improve
 Goodbye users & suckers & steady badluckers
 We're off to the land of club soda unbridled
 We're off to the land of hot middle-aged women
 Off to the land whose blood runneth orange
 Marry me and leave Kentucky, come to Tennessee
 Cause you're the only ten I see
 You're the only ten I see
 I've looked through offices and honky tonks for a man man enough to be
 Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee
 Mr. and Mrs. Tennessee
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:09
Key
7
Tempo
115 BPM

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