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Tennessee Homesick Blues Lyrics by Dolly Parton
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- Recording: “Tennessee Homesick Blues” is credited to Dolly Parton.
- Released: 1991 on “American Roads”.
- Length: The recording runs 3:31.
- Genre: Filed under Country.
- Lyrics: This page has 46 lyric lines and 47 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Dolly Parton.
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Tennessee Homesick Blues lyrics by Dolly Parton
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0:05Da de de da de da de da di de
0:10Da de de da de da de da di de
0:16Da de de da de da de da di de
0:22Da de de da de da de da di de
0:30New york city ain't no kind of place
0:34For a country girl with a friendly face
0:36If you smile people look at you funny
0:38They take it wrong
0:42The greenest state in the land of the free
0:45And the home of the grand ole opry
0:48Is calling me back to my smoky mountain home
0:53I wish I had my old fishin' pole
0:56And was sitting on the banks of the fishing hole
0:59Eating green apples and waiting for the fish to bite
1:05Life ain't as simple as it used to be
1:09Since the big apple took a bite out of me
1:11And lord, I'm so tennessee homesick that I could die
1:17But I ain't been home in I don't know when
1:20If I had it all to do over again
1:23Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed
1:29What I wouldn't give for a little bitty taste
1:31Of mama's homemade chocolate cake
1:34Tennessee homesick blues running through my head
1:37Da de de da de da de da di de
1:45Da de de da de da de da di de
1:53Mama you can fluff my feather bed
1:56Just as soon as I can I'm gonna head
1:59Back to the tennessee hills and it better be soon
2:05Daddy you can load the rifles up
2:08We're gonna load them dogs on the pickup truck
2:11And take off to calhoun country and catch us a coon
2:16But I ain't been home in I don't know when
2:19If I had it all to do over again
2:22Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed
2:28Eatin' grits and gravy and country ham
2:30Go to church on sunday with dinner on the grounds
2:34Tennessee homesick blues are runnin' through my head
2:39But I ain't been home in I don't know when
2:42If I had it all to do over again
2:45Tonight I'd sleep in my old feather bed
2:51Good lord have mercy on a country girl
2:54Tryin' to make a living in a rhinestone world
2:57It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world
3:00With tennessee homesick blues runnin' through my head
3:05I've got those tennessee homesick blues runnin' through my head
3:10Tennessee homesick blues
3:17♪
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Tennessee Homesick Blues song profile
“Tennessee Homesick Blues” by Dolly Parton is identified here by its recording fields, credits, chart snapshot and synchronized lyric data. Continue with more Dolly Parton lyrics and songs, or compare this recording with other Country song lyrics.
- 1991Released
- 3:31Length
- 46Lyric lines
- 47Timed cues
- 192sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Tennessee Homesick Blues” by Dolly Parton
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AskLyrics connects this recording to the release “American Roads.” The earliest source-linked release date stored for this version is 1991. This matched version has a duration of 3:31. Stored songwriter information names Dolly Parton.
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- Album / release
- American Roads
- Released
- 1991
- Length
- 3:31
- Written by
- Dolly Parton
- Recording source
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