Goodnight Tennessee

Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep


Tomorrow it’s back to the city for me


How lost can you be when fourteenth street


Is guiding me home to a white sand beach


Goodnight Tennessee, the talking trees


Hover above while the red stars weep


The season was brief, wrapped in fleece


My roots they were weak, they could not grow deep





I should have been born in Brooklyn


But I missed my chance, I still got Berlin


I should have been born free back then


I was a late bloomin’ kid at the orange curtain





Goodnight Tennessee, happy deportee


It is hot, it is cold, it is bitter, it is sweet


But now I envy you and you envy me


A toast to us both, may the grass stay green


I can’t miss a thing, freeze on three


Every story it is told by the luck and key


I can’t miss a thing, freeze on three


All my souvenirs have become antiques





Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?


I’d give all of my memories to see you again





Will you take care of me


While I am away?


Every old friend I see I will kiss on the cheek


I will jump up and down like the wars endin’


Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep


Tomorrow it’s back to the city for me





Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?


I’d give all of my memories to see you again


Hong Kong, Oakland, where have you been?


I’d give all of my memories but nothing’s the same





Goodnight Tennessee, yeah


Goodnight Tennessee


Goodnight Tennessee, go to sleep


Goodnight Tennessee