As I listen to the wheels, hear them going round and round
It reminds me of the train that still makes a lonely sound
It reminds me of the girl that came from Knoxville town
And how on that April day when she took this old boy down

Oh, Tennessee, you got me running
But I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind

Well, I might have seen Moses standing on the Penn State line
Just another wanderer with an angel on his mind
I know love it has its reasons, the way it comes and it goes
There's no mystery in seasons or of this hard cold road

Oh, Tennessee, you got me running
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind

Oh, Tennessee, you got me running
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind

Tennessee, you got me running
And I'm not coming back this time
Way out west is where I'm going
To forget the one I left behind