Way down (way down) in Tennessee
I stood by the river looked down on the sea
i seen the damp dew falling across the tallest trees
I heard the softest whisper of the bridges and the pines
But I'm just a worried prisoner, bound to do my time
Way down (way down) in tennessee
I played my hand so wildly took a chance at love's game
I've seen the only one I loved had proved untrue to me
I just couldn't understand why she did this to me
That's why I'm just a prisoner way down in Tennessee
Way down (way down) in Tennessee
I slept at a hobo junction made a pillow in the sand
I've lived about as lonely a life as any self-made man
I just couldn't let her live as she jad disgraced me
That's why I'm just a prisoner way down in Tennessee
Way down (way down) in Tennessee