See the red tail on her perch upon the fence post
Highway 40 roll on by
If I could reach across the distance for a moment
I′d steal the sadness from her eyes
It's February and the weather′s cleared for driving
How I've missed your Tennessee
The morning sun just stole the shadows from the mountains
And the years away from me
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
You still look the same to me
And your eyes are just as blue across the table
As the sky in Tennessee
But this old farm is near so big as I remember
Now the fields are burned and brown
And the Pigeon River′s running deeper than December
Where the winter snows lay down
How you love your house and the long bed sent from Kenya
And the telling of the story of the woman you met there
She′s a dark-haired beauty, my hair's only growing thinner
And my thread′s a little bare
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
You still look the same to me
And your eyes are just as blue across the table
As the sky in Tennessee
In the silence hear the years we dare not speak of
And let this arrow pass on through
And I′ll be gone before my heart has met resistance
Like you hoped that I would do
See the red tail turn her wing toward the mountain
God, there's sunlight in your smile
If I could reach across the distance for a moment
I′d steal the memory from your eyes
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
You still look the same to me
And your eyes are just as blue across the table
As the sky in Tennessee
As the sky in Tennessee
Writer(s): Betty Elders Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
