Tennessee Jed
Levon Helm"Tennessee Jed" is a song by Levon Helm, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:32 long and contains 33 lines and 276 words.
Lyrics
0:13Cold iron shackles and ball and chain
0:20Listen to the whistle of the evening train
0:28You know you bound to wind up dead
0:35If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed
0:42A rich man step on my poor head
0:49When you get back you better butter my bread
0:58Well you know that it's just like I said
1:04You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed
1:11Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
1:18Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
1:51Drank all day and rock all night
1:58A law come to get you if you don't walk right
2:06Got a letter this morning baby you know what it read
2:12You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed
2:20I dropped four flights and cracked my spine
2:27Honey come quick bring the iodine
2:35Gonna catch a few winks baby hop onto that bed
2:41Then I head on back to Tennessee Jed
2:49Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
2:56Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
3:28I run into old charlie fog
3:35But he blackened my eye and he kicked my dog
3:43My dog turned to me and he said
3:49Let's head on back to Tennessee Jed
3:57I woke up next morning I was feeling mean
4:04I went down to play on the slot machine
4:12The wheels they turned around and the letters read
4:18You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed
4:25Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
4:33Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
5:13Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be
5:20Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
5:32Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
Cold iron shackles and ball and chain Listen to the whistle of the evening train You know you bound to wind up dead If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed A rich man step on my poor head When you get back you better butter my bread Well you know that it's just like I said You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee Drank all day and rock all night A law come to get you if you don't walk right Got a letter this morning baby you know what it read You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed I dropped four flights and cracked my spine Honey come quick bring the iodine Gonna catch a few winks baby hop onto that bed Then I head on back to Tennessee Jed Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee I run into old charlie fog But he blackened my eye and he kicked my dog My dog turned to me and he said Let's head on back to Tennessee Jed I woke up next morning I was feeling mean I went down to play on the slot machine The wheels they turned around and the letters read You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee there ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee
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