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Tennessee

Great Peacock

Lyrics

Well the Cumberland River won't carry you very far away
When you're moving down the banks at the river's own speed
And the smoke from the mountains in the east, is gonna help you sleep
When you hear the rain falling on the old birch tree

We're talking bout Tennessee, you just won't let me be
We're talking bout Tennessee

Just some lonely ole boys on a lonely stage
They told you not to come, but you could not stay away
Yeah, you brought it from the delta, to the Memphis street
Now it's catching on and everybody wants to play

Well I climbed to the top of your mountains, and I swan to the bottom of your creeks
And I drank all the whiskey that you've been pouring in to me
I ran from the ghosts of the soldiers walking cross the ancient field
And I prayed in the church that all this music helped to build

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