Tennessee
Gillian Welch"Tennessee" is a song by Gillian Welch, released in 2011 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:19 long and contains 54 lines and 343 words.
Lyrics
0:16I kissed you 'cause I've never been an angel
0:23I learned to say hosannas on my knees
0:31But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine
0:40And the sisters said I did just as I pleased
0:52Even so I try to be a good girl
1:00It's only what I want that makes me weak
1:08I had no desire to be a child of sin
1:15Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek
1:24Fa la la la
1:28Fa la la lee
1:32Now let me go my honey oh
1:36Back to Tennessee
1:40It's beef steak when I'm working
1:43Whiskey when I'm dry
1:48Sweet heaven when I die
2:11Now I've tried drinking rye and gamblin'
2:19Dancing with damnation is a ball
2:27But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself
2:35Well you might be my favorite one of all
2:43Fa la la la
2:47Fa la la lee
2:51Now let me go my honey oh
2:55Back to Tennessee
2:59It's beef steak when I'm working
3:03Whiskey when I'm dry
3:07Sweet heaven when I die
3:31Why can't I go and live the life of riley
3:39Why can't I go back home to apple pie
3:47'Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much
3:55But you left a little twinkle in my eye
4:03Fa la la la
4:07Fa la la lee
4:11Now let me go my honey oh
4:15Back to Tennessee
4:19It's beef steak when I'm working
4:23Whiskey when I'm dry
4:27Sweet heaven when I die
4:51Now some will come confessing of transgressions
4:59Some will come confessing of their love
5:07You were there strumming on your gay guitar
5:14You were trying to tell me something with your thumb
5:23Fa la la la
5:27Fa la la lee
5:31Now let me go my honey oh
5:35Back to Tennessee
5:38It's beef steak when I'm working
5:42Whiskey when I'm dry
5:47Sweet heaven when I die
5:55It's beef steak when I'm working
5:59Whiskey when I'm dry
6:03Sweet heaven when I die
6:11It's beef steak when I'm working
6:16Whiskey when I'm dry
6:19Sweet heaven when I die
I kissed you 'cause I've never been an angel I learned to say hosannas on my knees But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine And the sisters said I did just as I pleased Even so I try to be a good girl It's only what I want that makes me weak I had no desire to be a child of sin Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go my honey oh Back to Tennessee It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die Now I've tried drinking rye and gamblin' Dancing with damnation is a ball But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself Well you might be my favorite one of all Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go my honey oh Back to Tennessee It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die Why can't I go and live the life of riley Why can't I go back home to apple pie 'Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much But you left a little twinkle in my eye Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go my honey oh Back to Tennessee It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die Now some will come confessing of transgressions Some will come confessing of their love You were there strumming on your gay guitar You were trying to tell me something with your thumb Fa la la la Fa la la lee Now let me go my honey oh Back to Tennessee It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die It's beef steak when I'm working Whiskey when I'm dry Sweet heaven when I die
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