Tennessee Jed Lyrics - Electric Dirt - Levon Helm

Cold iron shackles and ball and chain 

Listen to the whistle of the evenin' train 

You know you bound to wind up dead 

If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed 

A rich man step on my poor head 

When you get back you better butter my bread 

Well, you know that it's just like I said 

You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed 

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be 

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee? 

Drank all day and rock all night 

A law come to get you if you don't walk right 

Got a letter this morning baby, you know what it read 

You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed 

I dropped four flights and cracked my spine 

Honey, come quick bring the iodine 

Gonna catch a few winks baby, hop onto that bed 

Then I head on back to Tennessee Jed 

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be 

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee? 

I run into old Charlie Fog 

But he blackened my eye and he kicked my dog 

My dog turned to me and he said 

Let's head on back to Tennessee Jed 

I woke up next morning, I was feelin' mean 

I went down to play on the slot machine 

The wheels they turned around and the letters read 

You better hurry on back to Tennessee Jed 

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be 

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee? 

Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be 

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee? 

Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee?