Tennessee Mountain Girl

	  		

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Well I was taking my time, shuffling a line  
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I had to get back on the road 

Same old features, night time creatures  
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Make a boy feel pretty old 

Drifting here and there without a worry or a care  
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I wonder when my trail was coming to an end 

I saw the wall in the Appalachian sun  
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Riding six white horses round the bend 


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And she said my name with a country twang 
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And my heart fell on the floor 
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All my life, I've been waiting 
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For a Tennessee mountain girl 


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She said she was a teacher and her daddy was a preacher 
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And I can testify that she was blessed 

And when she served me dinner I knew she was a winner 
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I was praying that she might give me a kiss 

Well I know that I'm a sinner but she was no beginner 
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When she drug me from the bar 

She had me singing good old rocky top 
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Underneath the Knoxville stars 


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Well she was a treasure and I'm glad I met her 
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But she left me wanting more 
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All my life, I've been waiting 
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For a Tennessee mountain girl 


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And when I was in Denver I certainly remember 
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How the women there treated me kind 

But I miss the thrills of the holler and the hills 
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And the girl with the smoky mountain eyes 

And I tried Atlanta, Bozeman Montana 
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Seattle, Santa Fe and Albany 

But nothing compares with the sweet southern fare 
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Of the little girl I met in Tennessee 


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And I remember when she said my name with a country twang 
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I left my heart there on the floor 
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All my life I've been waiting 
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For a Tennessee mountain girl 
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All my life I've been waiting 
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For a Tennessee mountain girl