South of Tennessee
Southern Dreams and Hometown Scenes: A Journey Just South of Tennessee
Lyrics
Honky tonks and stuck on high school flames
Honky tonks and memories of past high school romances
Fast girls and cars and gasoline
Thrills of fast living, girls, cars, and the fuel that ignites it all
Holding hands and diamond rings
Symbolic gestures of love, commitment, and aspirations of marriage
Was the last thing on my mind
Love was not a priority or consideration
We show pride
A sense of regional pride and identity
And still in God we trust
Despite pride, reliance on religious faith remains strong
Our daddies put the fear into most of us
Fathers instilling fear, likely a protective influence
We moved away and fell in love but not far past the county line
Moving away but not severing ties with the home county
Woah I'm talking bout that hometown feel bonfire crowd
Nostalgic about the hometown atmosphere, bonfires, and community
Bobbed wire fences and tall pine trees
Visual imagery of rural elements like barbed wire and tall pine trees
As far as you can see
Expansive landscapes, emphasizing the local environment
Down there in a local bar
Scene in a local bar, setting the stage for the narrative
There's a brown eyed boy with a cheap guitar
Introduction of a character, a musician seeking direction
Still trying to find his way out from A to B
The struggle of finding a path in life, from point A to B
Just south of Tennessee
Geographical reference to a location just south of Tennessee
Riverside and PCB vacas
Various locations, including Riverside and PCB vacations
Where the iron bowl is a holiday
Iron bowl as a cultural event or celebration
Work like a man at 17
Early responsibilities and hard work at a young age
Just enough to kill summertime
Working only enough to get by during the summer
They keep the coors iced down in the back of their trucks
Cold Coors beer kept in the back of trucks
Find a farmer's field and they raise em' up
Informal gatherings in farmers' fields
And backroads when their driving drunk
Reference to risky behaviors like driving drunk on backroads
Just trying not to walk the line
Avoiding crossing certain boundaries or norms
Woah I'm talking bout that hometown feel bonfire crowd
Reiteration of the hometown atmosphere and bonfire gatherings
Bobbed wire fences and tall pine trees
Continued visual imagery of rural elements
As far as you can see
Reaffirmation of the expansive local landscape
Down there in a local bar
Returning to the scene in a local bar with a musician
There's a brown eyed boy with a cheap guitar
Reintroduction of the brown-eyed musician
Still trying to find his way out from A to B
Struggling musician still seeking direction in life
Just south of Tennessee
Repetition of the geographical reference to south of Tennessee
It's sweet tea and Jesus in a cotton town
Characteristic elements of southern life, including sweet tea and faith
It's where you raise a family when you settle down
Establishing a home and family in the southern cotton town
Woah I'm talking bout that hometown feel bonfire crowd
Reiteration of the hometown atmosphere and bonfire gatherings
Bobbed wire fences and tall pine trees
Continued visual imagery of rural elements
As far as you can see
Reaffirmation of the expansive local landscape
Down there in a local bar
Returning to the scene in a local bar with a musician
There's a brown eyed boy with a cheap guitar
Reintroduction of the brown-eyed musician
Still trying to find his way out from A to B
Struggling musician still seeking direction in life
And most don't know he's star bound and dead set to chase a dream
A revelation that the musician has bigger dreams beyond the local scene
Just south of Tennessee
Repetition of the geographical reference to south of Tennessee
Just south of Tennessee
-Yeah
Repetition, emphasizing the connection to the region
Just south of Tennessee
-Yeah
-Just south of Tennessee
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