Halfway to Tennessee (4:02)

HALFWAY TO TENNESSEE (4:02)
From the album Halfway to Tennessee

Written and Performed by Kristen Barkuloo (ASCAP)
Publishing - Kristen Barkuloo Music (ASCAP)
Release Date - 7/21/2013
ISRC - QM-H7W-13-00002
Album UPC - 884501929653

LYRICS
He said he’d never seen
Days going by quite like that
It’d been a long time coming
But now he swears he’s got it all
It’s been easy come but so hard to go
They’re both too young to be leaving home
And by September he’ll be gone
Four hundred miles away

Chorus
There’s a long road to Memphis,
Up to the Tennessee state line
Said he won’t go without her there with him
It took a long, long time to realize
Some memories never leave
But the first time that you hear this
I’ll already be halfway to Tennessee

It’s been a rough ride
So far as I can see
He’s tossed some mighty big rocks
Into the river off the beaten path
He’s got a few scars well earned,
Some bridges burned
He don’t know how much he’s changed since that
And he’ll never see
That old book of letters I’ve got
From a few months back

Repeat Chorus

They both say they’re Nashville bound,
Gonna do it right this time around
Head out to the open highway on a whim
I’m still not sure why he is leaving
He said that she’s his only reason
And I guess that’s gonna be good enough for him

There’s a long road to Memphis,
A whole lot of things I never said
Said he won’t go off the path he’s planned
To find out where it led
And, oh, it took a long, long time to realize
Some memories never leave
But the first time that you hear this
I’ll already be halfway to Tennessee
Halfway to Tennessee