Tennessee Blues (Three Stars in the Sunset…)

CAN YOU HEAR THAT WILD DOG HOWLING
BY THE HANGING TREE
THAT IS NO CRY FOR JUSTICE
JUST A SIGN TO SET YOU FREE
YOU CAN RIDE FROM UNION CITY
TOWARDS JACKSON, TENNESSEE
AND HOPE THAT NO-ONE KNOWS YOU
OR KNOWS ENOUGH TO LET YOU BE
CAN YOU HEAR THAT LONESOME WHISTLE
CAN YOU FEEL YOUR BEATING HEART
LOOK ACROSS THOSE EMPTY SPACES
WONDER WHERE YOU’RE GONNA START
WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
DRAW, WIN OR LOSE
THIS ROAD GOES ON FOREVER…
MY TENNESSEE BLUES


THERE’S A MOCKINGBIRD FLYING HIGH
A SUN FALLING FROM A CRIMSON SKY
AND THREE STARS THAT LEAD YOU ON AND ON…
WELL I STILL CARRY THE MELODY
OF THE SONGS MY DADDY SANG TO ME
BEFORE HE PACKED HIS BAGS AND WAS UP AND GONE
CAN YOU HEAR THAT LONESOME WHISTLE
CAN YOU FEEL YOUR BEATING HEART
LOOK ACROSS THOSE EMPTY SPACES
WONDER WHERE YOU’RE GONNA START
WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
DRAW, WIN OR LOSE
THIS ROAD GOES ON FOREVER…
MY TENNESSEE BLUES

ALWAYS THOUGHT OF MOVING NORTH
TO A PLACE I ONCE CALLED HOME
PLAY THOSE SONGS I USED TO PLAY
IN STREETS I USED TO ROAM
BUT THERE’S ANOTHER EMPTY SUNSET
ANOTHER TRAIN TO RIDE
ANOTHER DREAM TO KEEP YOU ALL
FROM BURNING UP INSIDE
CAN YOU HEAR THAT LONESOME WHISTLE
CAN YOU FEEL YOUR BEATING HEART
LOOK ACROSS THOSE EMPTY SPACES
WONDER WHERE YOU’RE GONNA START?
WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
DRAW, WIN OR LOSE
THIS ROAD GOES ON FOREVER…
MY TENNESSEE BLUES

THREE STARS IN THE SUNSET…

LIGHT MY TENNESSEE BLUES

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