Tennessee Girl
Journey Home: Rediscovering Love in Tennessee
Lyrics
Well I left home at a crack of dawn just about a year ago
Departed home early in the morning approximately a year ago.
I thumbed my way cross the USA and I learned a lot I didn't know
Hitchhiked across the USA, gaining new knowledge and experiences.
The Promised Land that I thought I'd find was always just ahead of me
The expected success and fulfillment always seemed just out of reach.
Until one day when I realized I left it back in Tennessee
Realized the desired "Promised Land" was left behind in Tennessee.
And that's why I'm going back to my Tennessee girl and a Tennessee way of life
Expressing the intention to return to a Tennessee girl and lifestyle.
And I'm gonna ask my Tennessee girl to be my Tennessee wife
Plans to propose to the Tennessee girl and make her the wife.
Tonight I slept in a hobo camp workin' out like dog by day
Spent the night in a hobo camp, working hard during the day.
I never got enough to get ahead just enough to make my way
Struggling to get ahead, earning just enough to sustain the journey.
Cold and tired when the evening come all I had to ease my mind
Felt cold and tired in the evening, finding solace in thoughts of home.
Was thinkin' bout the place I started from and the girl that I left behind
Reflecting on the starting place and the girl left behind.
And that's why I'm going back...
Reiterating the desire to return to the Tennessee girl.
There ain't no place that I been at all that I would gonna settle in
No place visited so far seems suitable for settling down.
And every town that I travel through made me want to go home again
Every town visited makes the narrator yearn for home.
The green green grass and the rollin' hills seem to keep a callin' me
The natural beauty of Tennessee (green grass and rolling hills) beckons.
Back to the place where I was born and the girl that I long to see
Longing to return to the birthplace and the girl left behind.
And that's why I'm going back...
Reaffirming the intention to go back to the Tennessee girl.
I'm going back...
Emphasizing the determination to return to Tennessee.
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