I'm a -headin' down this highway,
Carpenters in both eyes
Thinkin' about my folks and friends
in the southern sunny sky
This feelin's about the best I ever had,
and Lord, I'm flyin'
Headin' south for the
Nashville on my mind
I'm leaving all the soot and smoke
for the fine and fresher air
To the only place in the U .S .A.
there's music everywhere
Through the bluegrass of Kentucky,
Lord, I sure am making time
Headin' south for the
Nashville on my mind
All the happiness on earth
is a -waitin' for me then
It's great to be in Tennessee
and I'll soon be home again
The world of work and worry,
all that noise I left behind
Headin' south with a national
on my mind
The yesers and the no -mams
and the kind and gentle tones
Lord, the operator's even nice
when you need her on the phone
A better place on God's green earth
I never hoped to find
I'm a -headin' south of
Nashville on my mind
All the happiness on earth
is a -waitin' for me then
It's great to be in Tennessee
and I'll soon be home again
The world of work and worry
all the noise I left behind
Headin' south with
Nashville on my mind
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