Roy Orbison - Tennessee Owns My Soul Lyrics

(Roy Orbison/Bill Dees)

Talk about troubles, I tell you I got 'em
Shoveling sand on a Mississippi bottom ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
I killed me a man in Shelby county
That turned me in for the government bounty ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Tennessee owns my soul

That little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen
She tried to run away with Stoney Lee
I caught him and I put him six feet under
I wonder if she ever misses me
Tennessee owns my soul

Rottin' in a cell, I try to forget her
Wishin' like hell that I'd never met her ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gotta get away, gotta see my baby
Gotta leave tonight, she's drivin' me crazy ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Tennessee owns my soul

If I can get as far as Look Out Mounmtain
Highway 24 will carry me
To the girl I killed another man for
Even thought I know I won't be free
Tennessee owns my soul

I make it to the top of the twenty foot wall
Dear God, I'm hit and I think I'm gonna fall ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Lying on a broken back and crying
Everything's going black and I'm dying ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Tennessee owns my soul