Tennessee


I know about your love down in Knoxville
And, I hear Chattanooga calling out your name
So, when you get back home to me in Nashville
There's a brand new set of rules to this old game

Now I know just what you're gonna say
Our love won't live to see the light of day
I cry all night and I walk the floor
Till I can't do this anymore

It must have been the lies I told
And, all the nights I wasn't there
You needed something warm to hold
You always had so much to share

I'm going right out of my mind
Cause I can't leave your love behind
Wasted days like they were before
And, I can't do this anymore

A love like ours will find a way
To see us through another day
And, it'll be here as the years go by
Holding on to you and I

Tennessee has been so good to me
And, I don't want to be a memory
I know I heard the slamming door
But, I can't do this anymore

So, take her in your arms and hold her tight
But, don't cry your tears for me in the morning light
Cause you're still gone and I'm all alone
So, how am I supposed to carry on

And, promise that you'll sing a song for me
Cause tonight I'm leaving you in Tennessee
Now we've been down this road before
And, I can't do this anymore

I'd ride that rail to Heaven to bring you back to me
Life without your love is killing me
Nights we spent together are all I'm living for
And, I can't do this anymore.

It's a short walk from here to Tennessee