Girl From Knoxville

Smoky mountain maiden Caught up in the quiet Just this side of Rockwood Nearin' Eastern Standard Time I got a change of old blue jeans And money in my pocket Tonight I'll hold her closer than the locket That she's wearin' And so I'm gone to see the girl from Knoxville I just called and she said she will Wait there in the door with outstretched arms So if my friends should call or come by Please tell them "hi" And that I'll be back if I'm back at all By Monday, and if I'm not, please send me down All I own in care of the girl from Knoxville town I'll bathe her in a mountain stream And dress her lace and leather slippers And let the light from the Big Dipper Be a halo for her hair And in a bed of earth and leaves My arms shall be her blanket I think it's here that I may just wanna stay forever And so I'm gone to see the girl from Knoxville I just called and she said she will Wait there in the door with outstretched arms So if my friends should call or come by Please tell them "hi" And that I'll be back if I'm back at all By Monday, and if I'm not, please send me down All I own in care of the girl from Knoxville town Now this is a song so she'll know how much I love her