silver jews
tennessee
i saw the river playing in the valley rushin' 'round the bend and skippin' stones i saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight i've come to get my girl and take her home her doorbell plays a bar of stephen foster her sister never left and look what it cost her we're gonna live in nashville and i'll make a career out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear marry me and leave kentucky come to tennessee 'cause you're the only ten i see you're the only ten i see i've looked through offices and honky tonks for a man man enough to be mr. and mrs. tennessee mr. and mrs. tennessee punk rock died when the first kid said "punk's not dead punk's not dead" you know louisville is death we've got to up and move because the dead do not improve goodbye users and suckers and steady badluckers we're off to the land of club soda unbridled we're off to the land of hot middle-aged women off to the land whose blood runneth orange marry me and leave kentucky come to tennessee 'cause you're the only ten i see you're the only ten i see i've looked through offices and honky tonks for a man man enough to be mr. and mrs. tennessee mr. and mrs. tennessee