Tennessee Lyrics - The Harrow & The Harvest - Gillian Welch

I kissed you 'cause I've never been an angel 

I learned to say hosannas on my knees 

But they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nine 

And the sisters said I did just as I pleased 

Even so I try to be a good girl 

It's only what I want that makes me weak 

I had no desire to be a child of sin 

Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek 

Fa la la la 

Fa la la lee 

Now let me go, my honey oh 

Back to Tennessee 

It's beef steak when I'm working 

Whiskey when I'm dry 

Sweet heaven when I die 

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Now I've tried drinking rye and gamblin' 

Dancing with damnation is a ball 

But of all the little ways I've found to hurt myself 

Well you might be my favorite one of all 

Fa la la la 

Fa la la lee 

Now let me go, my honey oh 

Back to Tennessee 

It's beef steak when I'm working 

Whiskey when I'm dry 

Sweet heaven when I die 

Why can't I go and live the life of riley? 

Why can't I go back home to apple pie? 

'Cause your affront to my virtue was a touch too much 

But you left a little twinkle in my eye 

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Fa la la la 

Fa la la lee 

Now let me go, my honey oh 

Back to Tennessee 

It's beef steak when I'm working 

Whiskey when I'm dry 

Sweet heaven when I die 

Now some will come confessing of transgressions 

Some will come confessing of their love 

You were there strumming on your gay guitar 

You were trying to tell me something with your thumb 

Fa la la la 

Fa la la lee 

Now let me go, my honey oh 

Back to Tennessee 

It's beef steak when I'm working 

Whiskey when I'm dry 

Sweet heaven when I die 

It's beef steak when I'm working 

Whiskey when I'm dry 

Sweet heaven when I die