♪ Pine log shack a mile off the state road ♪
♪ Daddy took our jobs, mama raised us three ♪
♪ Times were mean and our home was a haven ♪
♪ It was all we had in cold water Tennessee ♪
♪ Tougher than hell, daddy sang like an angel ♪
♪
The rhythm of the mountains seemed to set him free ♪
♪ One night he ran,
headed north with his Martin ♪
♪ And everything was saved in cold water Tennessee ♪
♪ Rusted dreams turned gold and ash brown ♪
♪ The stars ride high and the satellites beam ♪
♪ Pretty love songs,
voices you remember ♪
♪ All the way on down to cold water Tennessee ♪
♪
The headline reads,
local man hits the big time ♪
♪ Just look at those clothes and his brand new family ♪
♪ Lying in bed,
just staring at the picture ♪
♪ Of the favorite son of cold water Tennessee ♪
♪
Teenage kid on a one way ticket ♪
♪ Yet tonight he's bound for the Opry ♪
♪ By the backstage door,
he waits in the darkness ♪
♪ Like he did so long in cold water Tennessee ♪
♪ The crowd draws close,
the door swings open ♪
♪ The cameras flash and all the pretty girls scream ♪
♪
Then a burst of fire and a voice from the shadows ♪
This is from your fans in cold water Tennessee.
♪ Rusted dreams turn gold in Nashville ♪
♪ The stars ride high for a while it seems ♪
♪ But tomorrow at dawn,
there'll be one star falling ♪
♪ He'll be coming back down to cold water Tennessee ♪
♪ Yeah,
they'll bury him there in cold water Tennessee ♪