Tennessee to Timbuktu
Wanderlust Melody: From Tennessee to Timbuktu
Lyrics
I see you watch the travel channel almost every night
The person notices their partner's frequent viewership of the Travel Channel.
I've caught that far away look darlin dancing in your eyes
The partner often has a distant, dreamy expression, indicating a desire for far-off places.
The kitchen's full of cut outs from the foreign magazines
The kitchen is adorned with cutouts from magazines featuring foreign destinations.
I'm not sure where your mind has been but it ain't been on me
The speaker feels neglected, believing their partner's thoughts are elsewhere and not on the relationship.
You got up this morning put on your traveling shoes
Noting the partner's readiness to travel by putting on travel shoes.
The life I live down on the farm it ain't worth losing you
The speaker fears losing their partner due to the discrepancy between their rural lifestyle and the partner's desire for travel.
So if you go and leave me baby I will follow you
The speaker pledges to follow the partner if they leave.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Expresses willingness to accompany the partner from Tennessee to Timbuktu.
Hey if you gotta go now baby I will go with you
Reiterating the commitment to accompany the partner wherever they go.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Repeated commitment to travel alongside the partner.
I'm just a Tennessee boy
The speaker identifies as being from Tennessee.
You've always been my kind of girl
Expresses a deep affinity for the partner.
A simple life's the life that I enjoy
The speaker enjoys a simple life but is willing to adapt for the partner's desires.
But now you say you wanna to see the world
The partner expresses a desire to explore the world, conflicting with the speaker's contentment with their current lifestyle.
So if you pack your bags now baby I will pack mine too
The speaker offers to join the partner if they decide to leave.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Reiterates the commitment to accompany the partner to distant places.
Hey if you hit the road now baby I will hit it too
Reaffirms willingness to travel with the partner.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Repeated commitment to journey together.
Italy Ireland Switzerland or Spain
Lists various countries as potential destinations.
Climb aboard an ocean liner or hop an old fright train
Suggests various modes of travel to reach different places.
So if you go and leave me baby I will follow you
Reaffirms the commitment to follow the partner.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Reiterates willingness to accompany the partner on their journey.
Hey if you gotta go now baby I will go with you
Expresses readiness to travel with the partner.
All the way from Tennessee to Timbuktu
Repeated readiness to journey with the partner.
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