TENNESSEE LINES

throw it in the bag I’m heading down south 
gonna see what freedom is all about 
I’ve been thinking to myself out loud 
I gotta get out of this cage somehow 

I’m coming on up to Tennessee lines 
where the air is thick with hope and rhyme 
see the devil on the side of that road 
I close my eyes and keep going 

they say hard living makes you stronger 
but I wonder could they be wrong 
they say how you get to where you’re going 
is just by going, so I keep going on 
until the hard living is gone 

talking with a trucker up from New Orleans 
hauling 40 nights and for 40 days 
hasn’t seen his wife and kids in that long 
but you do what you gotta do to get on 

said he was coming on up to Tennessee lines 
rolling over hills with the sun in eyes 
saw the devil on the side of that road 
he hit the gas and kept going 

they say hard living makes you stronger 
but I wonder could they be wrong 
they say how you get to where you’re going 
is just by going, so I keep going on 
until the hard living is gone 

no matter how far you crawl 
this pavement stays the same 
no matter how far you crawl 
nobody knows your name 
nobody knows your name 

they say hard living makes you stronger 
but I wonder could they be wrong 
they say how you get to where you’re going 
is just by going, so I keep going on 
until the hard living is gone

©2019 Noah Derksen, Jaylene Johnson, Chris Burke-Gaffney. All rights reserved. Lyrics used by permission only.