Driving north, we had stars in our eyes
In that car - you and me and all our stuff
Dropping anchor in a blank slate of a town
Roots need putting down - we were so in love

Built a life, found a groove, laid our cards out on the floor
Nothing left of mystery
Like a frog in the water boiling slow, I never saw us lose the glow
The way you looked at me

So what do you want from me? I ain’t going back to Tennessee

Day by day, gather scars - paper thin, the walls that guard
All the weaknesses at play
And I believed it’d come and it’d go - there’s an ebb but where’s the flow?
You’ve all but turned away

So what do you want from me? Turning your back on Tennessee

All the neighbors doing favors - cup of sugar, kitchen soap
Found the village and lost the hope
All the neighbors that belabor pointed questions down their nose
”We ain’t seen y’all at the roast”
We used to fight into the night, now it’s just stoic, silent smoke
Use our telephones to cope

So what do you want from me? Can we get back to Tennessee?
I wanna go back to Tennessee