Back Home In Tennessee
      (written by Mike Bryant)   (BMI# 13776911)
(key of E)

Today at five o'clock
Well I'm gonna be leavin'
On these tracks by train
And I'll be southward bound
I've been here so long
It's hard to remember
The simple life I lived
When I lived in my hometown

When I left, I left behind sweet Mary
We feel in love 
While we were still in school
We thought someday
We'd spend our lives together
When I left
She told me that she understood

(Chorus)
I heard fame and fortune calling me from Detroit
I heard you'd make it rich
Working in a factory
And Mary stayed at home
But I know she's waiting there for me
In my hometown back there in Tennessee

(Musical Break)

Tomorrow they'll be reading in the papers
Of the train that jumped the rails
Over the line
Mom and dad will bring flowers to my
              gravesite
And Mary and my friends will be there crying

(Chorus)
I heard fame and fortune calling me from Detroit
I heard you'd make it rich
Working in a factory
And Mary stayed at home
But I know she's waiting there for me
In my hometown back there in Tennessee

Tonight I'll be at peace in Tennessee