Story Behind The Song
I'm a musican who came off the road a few years back and love the joy of being home...thought I'd write a song about it and used Tennessee as it is such a well-known location for country musicians. Di and I wrote the lyric over a period of a week or so and I put the music together in a couple of days.
Song Description
Musician finally retires and settles down in his beloved Tennessee. He's loving the freedom, the calm, the beauty...everything he'd left behind many years ago. Plans on staying there until his final day.
| Song Length |
3:03 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - General |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Serene, Blissful |
| Subject |
State, Home |
Similar Artists |
Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
HOME IN TENNESSEE
(c) 2011 Alan D. David, BMI / Diana Bowers, BMI
(V1)
Sitting on my back porch, my woman and me
Strumming on my old guitar
It's a cool fall night in Tennessee
Whooperwill calling, firelies buzzing
No other place I'd rather be
Hoot owl calling from an old oak tree
Kids are all gone, just the two of us
The old hound dog makes three
This is how we dreamed life would be
CHORUS
I've been gone more than I've been home
Pickin' on that old six-string
And now I'm settled down here on this farm
Yes I'm home in Tennessee, right where I belong
Home in Tennessee, with my woman on my arm
(V2)
I was born and raied right here
In these Tennessee hills
This will always be my home
I dreamed each night of being back
Where my roots are planted deep
This is where my heart belongs
How I missed these tall oak trees
And the misty morning fog
And the frost of an early autumn freeze.
CHORUS
I've been gone more than I've been home
Pickin' on that old six-string
And now I'm settled down here on this farm
Yes I'm home in Tennessee, right where I belong
Home in Tennessee, with my woman on my arm
(V3)
I'll be here til they carry me
To my yresting place
Underneath that old oak tree
But til then you'll find me here
In the Smokey Mountain haze
This is where God meant me to be
I've been almost everywhere
And seen most everything
But there's nothing like my home in Tennessee
CHORUS
I've been gone more than I've been home
Pickin' on that old six-string
And now I'm settled down here on this farm
Yes I'm home in Tennessee, right where I belong
Home in Tennessee, with my woman on my arm
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