Lyrics Tennessee.lrc Gillian Welch
[id: pshjowhh]
[ar: Gillian Welch]
[al: The Harrow & The Harvest]
[ti: Tennessee]
[length: 06:36]
[00:15.44]I kissed you ’cause I’ve never been an angel
[00:23.34]I learned to say Hosannas on my knees
[00:31.04]But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine
[00:39.54]And the sisters said I did just as I please
[00:48.08]
[00:51.28]Now, even so I try to be a good girl
[00:59.54]It’s only what I want that makes me weak
[01:07.92]I had no desire to be a child of sin
[01:15.07]But then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek
[01:23.72]Fa-la-li-li, fa-la-li-lee
[01:31.32]Now let me go, my honey-o, back to Tennessee
[01:39.44]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[01:47.26]And sweet heaven when I die
[01:58.14]
[02:11.17]Now I’ve tried drinking rye and gambling
[02:19.39]Dancing with damnation is a ball
[02:26.69]But of all the little ways I’ve found to hurt myself
[02:35.12]Well, you might be my favorite one of all
[02:43.52]Fa-la-li-li, fa-la-li-lee
[02:51.28]Now let me go, my honey-o, back to Tennessee
[02:59.18]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[03:07.40]Sweet heaven when I die
[03:16.22]
[03:30.90]Why can’t I go and live the life of Riley?
[03:38.76]Why can’t I go back home to apple pie?
[03:46.53]’Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much
[03:54.46]But you left a little twinkle in my eye
[04:03.12]Fa-la-li-li, fa-la-li-lee
[04:10.85]Now let me go, my honey-o, back to Tennessee
[04:18.55]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[04:26.88]And sweet heaven when I die
[04:35.99]
[04:50.87]Now some had come confessing of transgressions
[04:58.96]Some had come confessing of their love
[05:07.27]You were there strumming on your gay guitar
[05:14.56]You were trying to tell me something with your thumb
[05:22.73]Fa-la-li-li, fa-la-li-lee
[05:30.61]Now let me go, my honey-o, back to Tennessee
[05:38.45]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[05:46.74]Sweet heaven when I die
[05:54.58]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[06:03.15]Sweet heaven when I die
[06:10.99]It’s beefsteak when I’m working, whiskey when I’m dry
[06:19.42]Sweet heaven when I die
[06:24.34]Year of Release: 2011