Red barn roof peekin' over a field of yellow

Smell the sweet honeysuckle in the air, hear a milk cow bellow

Tennessee Walker runnin' by, man he sure looks pretty

Feel sorry for those poor folk stuck livin' in the city

 

Chorus

I'm just a loyal immigrant, not a native son 

But I love this place much as anyone

My soul's goin' to Heaven when they bury me

But I'll leave my heart in Tennessee

 

Fieldstone shinin' like diamonds on the hills and pastures

Things 'round here move slow but they're gonna get faster

Bulldozin' farms and fences in the name of progress

Damn those developers, they're cold and heartless

 

'Cause when that train starts rollin' on down that track

What it's haulin' ain't a'comin' back

This land and life will be a memory

Like all the things I love about Tennessee

 

Bridge    

It's in my marrow, it's in my blood, 

It's who I am, it's what I love

I got down here fast as I could 

And this Tennessee life's sure been good

 

I love the green green grass of home & the white church steeples

The rivers and the creeks & the colorful people

Nothin' like a sunset fadin' low in a pink sky

Singin' " How Great Thou Art " with a tear in my eye

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Yeah, my soul's goin' to Heaven for eternity 

But I'll leave my heart in Tennessee   

 

©2004 Karen R. Staley, Sky Kitty Music, BMI. Staley, Sky Kitty Music, BMI