Well it's late at night on this old turnpike
And my heads spinning round and around
It's a long, long way from New York to Texas
I've been through a million towns
Well it's get off the bus and get on the stage
The band and the boys and me
Take me to Alabama, Mississippi, Montana
They don't want me back in Tennessee
Tennessee. how could you do this to me
I gave you some of the best of my days
Ain't no reason for me to stay
Tennessee, you took the life out of me
What little money I made
I either drank it up or I gave it away
I've tried so long to sell my songs