Sunday, August 15, 2010

 

TAKE ME BACK TO TENNESSEE

I WAS A FARM BOY
LIVIN IN THE CORPORATE WORLD
SHE WAS A BUSINESS WOMAN WITH A
DREAM TO BE A FARM GIRL
INSTEAD OF A SMALL MIDTOWN APARTMENT
SHE'D RATHER HAVE A FARM-HOUSE
WITH A BIG RED BARN
SHE'D RATHER RIDE TO WORK IN A JOHN
DEER TRACTOR
OVER THE SUBWAY ANY DAY
SHE'D RATHER GET UP WITH THE ROOSTER
OVER THE SOUND OF CONSTRUCTION AT THE DAWN

IF THERE'S ONE THING
I'VE LEARNED ITS THAT
YOU CAN'T TURN BACK THE PAGES
OF HISTORY
THAT YOU'VE GOT TO WORK
HARD FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT
THAT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD
COMES FOR FREE
AND MOST OF ALL LOVE IS THE
ANSWER AND THE KEY
I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU
SHOULDN'T TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED
YEAH IT'D ALL BE PERFECT IF SHE'D COME
BACK HERE TO TENNESSEE

TAKE ME BACK TO TENNESSEE WHERE
YOU FIRST LAID EYES ON ME
TAKE ME BACK TO TENNESSEE
WE"LL BREAK THROUGH THE GATES OF
GRACELAND
STAND UP ON THAT STAGE AT THE
GRAND OLE'OPRY
YEAH YOU'VE GOT TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU WANT
BECAUSE LOVE DOESNT GROW ON TREES
ITS TIME TO LEAVE THAT CORPORATE WORLD
BEHIND
AND TAKE ME
BACK
TO TENNESSEE

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