Tennessee - Silver Jews

I saw the river playing in the valley

Rushing 'round a bend and skipping stones

I saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight

I’ve come to get my girl and take her home

Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster

Her sister never left and look what it cost her

We’re gonna live in Nashville and I’ll make a career

Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear

Marry me and leave Kentucky

Come to Tennessee

'Cause you’re the only ten I see

You’re the only ten I see

I’ve looked through offices and honky-tonks

For men man enough to be

Mister, Misses Tennessee

Mister, Misses Tennessee

Punk rock died when the first kid said

«Punk's not dead, punk’s not dead»

You know Louisville is death, we’ve got to up and move

Because the dead do not improve

Goodbye users and suckers and steady bad luckers

We’re off to the land of club soda unbridled

We’re off to the land of hot middle-aged women

Off to the land whose blood runneth orange

Marry me and leave Kentucky

And come to Tennessee

'Cause you’re the only ten I see

You’re the only ten I see

I’ve looked through offices and honky-tonks

For men man enough to be

Mister, Misses Tennessee

Mister, Misses Tennessee