Johnny Cash You And Tennessee Lyrics

You And Tennessee Lyrics

Like a sweet rippling mountain stream

Goes the sound of the banjo on Cripple Creek

Never beginning never ending just rippling on and on

So does the land just ripple on and on



As a heart gets soft on a woman

So can the heart get soft on the land

And to fall in love with a woman

As well as the land is to surely be in love



I stayed away too long I know

And every day was slow to go

Every night I dreamed I was here

It's been a mighty lonely year



Every mile I needed you

I kinda hope that you needed me too

Everywhere I saw your face around

Every town I was in



This old familiar place welcomed me again

Back to where I belonged

To be back to you and Tennessee

Back to you and Tennessee



Beside the Cumberland River

Where the grass is soft and sweet

We ran across the fields of cedar

Hiding from the noisy streets



And when the leaves fell from the cold

The stars were silver the moon was gold

I said it's yours with love from me

I'm planting my roots in this ground



And when they look for me I'll be found

With something that is part of me

You and Tennessee

Back with you and Tennessee