A Carpetbagger’s Ode to Rocky

[Verse 1]
Seems so long ago
She became the Tennessee hills
A 45 and an open telephone
A stack of medical bills
Once, she loved a bear named Rocky
They wrestled on a honky-tonk mat
When it's late and low in Gatlinburg snow
You can hear her talk about that

[Chorus]
Tennessee, you'll never be
Home to someone like me
Swallow me, Rocky
Rocky, won't you swallow me?

[Verse 2]
Black ink don't fight in a town so white
Lovin' on their Civil War star
But the bodies pile and Dolly just smiles
And evеrybody goes to the bar
She fеll in love for me in Tennessee
Now she's everywhere
Lawmen feel her power
Preachers comb her hair

[Chorus]
Tennessee, I thought you'd be
A home to someone like me
Tennessee, I thought you'd be
A home to someone like me
I will play Jonah
You play the whale for me
So swallow me, Rocky
Rocky, won't you swallow me?

[Verse 3]
My animal is naked
It's howling on the hook
I begged you for some water
And choked on your holy book

[Chorus]
Tennessee, I thought you'd be
A home to someone like me
Tennessee, I thought you'd be
A home to someone like me
I will play Jonah
You play the whale for me
So swallow me, Rocky
Rocky, won't you swallow me?
Swallow me, Rocky
Rocky, won't you swallow me?

[Outro]
Tennessee, you'll never be
Home to someone like me
Swallow me, Rocky
Rocky, won't you swallow me?