Dear Tennessee

There's an old coil notebook underneath a bed

And a lyric line rolling through a head

But a song that's written down

Isn't done until it has that Nashville sound

And it's heard all over town

Dear Tennessee, you're always good to me

I hear your melody line, then life is harmony

You get me with a lone guitar,

when the strings wrap right around my heart

I can feel it in my bones

When a story's told, behind your microphone

I've got an eight track player singing to my soul

With Patty Griffin on a long ride home

A new song honeymoon

Repeat on a rainy afternoon

And it's all because of you

Dear Tennessee, you're always good to me

I hear your melody line, then life is harmony

You get me with a lone guitar,

when the strings wrap right around my heart

I can feel it in my bones

When a story's told, behind your microphone

When my muscles start to ache

And I sink right in the chair

I listen for treasures in your tracks

That I haven't heard before

Dear Tennessee, you're always good to me

I hear your melody line, then life is harmony

You get me with a lone guitar,

when the strings wrap right around my heart

I can feel it in my bones

When a story's told, behind your microphone