Tennessee

I kissed you cause i’ve never been and angel

I learned to say hosannas on my knees

But they threw me out of Sunday school when i was nine

And the sisters said i did just as i pleased

Now even so i tried to be a good girl

its only what i want that makes me weep

i had no desire to be a child of sin

but then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek

Fie le lie lie

fie le lie lee

Now let me go my honey-o back to Tennessee

It’s beefsteak when i’m workin

Whiskey when i’m dry

Sweet heaven when i die

Now i tried drinking rye and gambling

Dancing with damnation is a ball

But of all the little ways i found to hurt myself

Well you might be my favorite one of all

Why can’t i go and live the life awryly

Why can’t i go back home to apple pie

There’s no affront a-to my virtue

Was a touch too much

But you left a little twinkle in my eye

Now some’ll come confessing of transgressions

Some they come confessing of their love

You were there strumming on your gay guitar

And you were trying to tell me something with your thumb