Like a sweet rippling mountain stream
Goes the sound of the banjo on Cripple Creek
Never beginning never ending just rippling on and on

So does the land just ripple on and on

As a heart gets soft on a woman

So can the heart get soft on the land
And to fall in love with a woman
As well as the land is to surely be in love


I stayed away too long I know
And every day was slow to go

Every night I dreamed I was here
It's been a mighty lonely year


Every mile I needed you
I kinda hope that you needed me too
Everywhere I saw your face around

Every town I was in



This old familiar place welcomed me again
Back to where I belonged
To be back to you and Tennessee

Back to you and Tennessee

Beside the###berland River

Where the grass is soft and sweet
We ran across the fields of cedar
Hiding from the noisy streets


And when the leaves fell from the cold
The stars were silver the moon was gold

I said it's yours with love from me
I'm planting my roots in this ground


And when they look for me I'll be found
With something that is part of me
You and Tennessee

Back with you and Tennessee