Gene Watson Lyrics: 'Tennessee Sunshine'

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'Tennessee Sunshine'
Written by Marty Robbins (Saturday 26 September 1925 - Wednesday 8 December 1982)
Published by Carlin Music Corporation

Born in the heat of the desert my mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord I've been in a prison for something I've never done
It's been one hill after another but I've climbed them all one by one

But this time you gave me a mountain
A mountain that I may never climb
And it isn't a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time

My woman got tired of the hardships tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of working for nothing tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine she took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living oh she took my small baby boy

So this time Lord you gave me a mountain...
You gave me a mountain this time

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TENNESSEE SUNSHINE

(Porter Wagoner)
« © '76 Porter Music, BMI »

Well just before the sun rise in the morning
I'll be on the highway headed home
Home is just a little bit east of Nashville
Where the Tennessee River winds along

Lord I'm gonna hear the roosters crow in Sourwood Mountains
I got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'd give these traveler blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sunshine and you loving me

I worked in the Texas sand a pickin' cotton
And I tried rodeo in last fall
And I worked in factory in Deoria Illinois
And traveled Canada east to Montreal

Lord I wanna hear the roosters crow...

Wonder if the folks back home will know me
Since they saw me I've lost thirty pounds
I sure have missed my mama's country cooking
And the Sunday singing and dinner on the ground

Lord I wanna hear the roosters crow...
Tennessee sunshine (loving me) Tennessee sunshine (loving me)
Tennessee sunshine (loving me) Tennessee sunshine (loving me)
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'Tennessee Sunshine' was originally included on the following albums:

'Paper Rosie' (Capitol Records, 1977)
'Love in the Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie' (Hux Records, 2002)

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Gene Watson Lyrics:

'A memory away'

'Ain't no fun to be alone in San Antone'

'All hat no cattle'

'Almost like having you here'

'Amazing grace'

'And then you came along'

'Any way you want me'

'Ashes to ashes'

'At last'

'Beautiful you'

'Because you believed in me'

'Bedroom ballad'

'Before the hammer could ring'

'Before the next teardrop falls'

'Between this time & the next time'

'Bitter they are, harder they fall'

'Booked tonight in heaven'

'Carmen'

'Class reunion'

'Climb higher'

'Cold summer day in Georgia'

'Come back home'

'Completely out of love'

'Cool ole fool'

'Couldn't love have picked a better place to die'

'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time'

'Desperation'

'Do you have any plans for me'

'Don’t look at me (in that tone of voice)'

'Don't waste it on the blues'

'Don't you ever get tired of hurting me'

'Down and out this way again'

'Down here on my knees'

'Dreams of a dreamer'

'Drinkin' my way back home'

'Drivin' me sane'

'Eli Funkelby'

'Even at it's worst, it's still the best'

'Everybody needs a hero'

'Everything I used to do'

'Farewell party'

'Fightin' fire with fire'

'Florence Jean'

'Flowers'

'For the first time'

'For the memories'

'Forever again'

'Fourteen carat mind'

'From cotton to satin'

'Full time fool'

'Get along little doggie'

'Getting over you again'

'Getting used to being loved again'

'Give her my best'

'Glass hearts'

'Got no reason now for going home'

'Growing apart'

'Harvest time'

'Have a good day'

'He little thinged her out of my arms'

'Her body couldn't keep you (off my mind)'

'Her heart or mine'

'He's back in Texas again'

'Hey Barnum and Bailey'

'Hey Louella'

'Hold me'

'Hold that thought'

'Honky tonk crazy'

'How good a bad woman feels'

'I always get it right with you'

'I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)'

'I catch myself'

'I didn't think of you at all'

'I don't know how to tell her'

'I don't need a thing at all'

'I don't think she'd really mind at all'

'I feel a sin coming on'

'I fell apart'

'I guess you had to be there'

'I knew we could never love for long'

'I know an ending'

'I know what it's like in her arms'

'I must be somebody else'

'I never go around mirrors'

'I saved your place'

'I told a lie'

'I want my rib back'

'I wonder how it is in Colorado'

'I won't be sleeping alone'

'I’d settle for just crossing her mind'

'I'd love to live with you again'

'If I painted a picture'

'If I were you, I’d fall in love with me'

'If I'm a fool for leaving'

'If love could find us now'

'I know an ending'

'It's my lie'

'If the shoe fits, wear it'

'If you can't come, just call'

'I'll feel fine'

'I'll run right back to you'

'I'm gonna kill you'

'I'm not strong enough'

'I'm tellin' me a lie'

'In a perfect world'

'In love all alone'

'In other words'

'Independence day'

'It don't hurt me half as bad'

'It's just a matter of time'

'It's my lie'

'I've been down some roads'

'Jesus is all I need'

'John's back in town'

'Just at dawn'

'Just how little I know'

'Just in case'

'Just to hold her'

'Leavin's been comin' for a long, long time'

'Let's give it up or get it on'

'Lily Dale'

'Listen, they're playing my song'

'Little by little'

'Lonely me'

'Long enough to care'

'Love in the hot afternoon'

'Love's tombstone'

'Make sure you got it all'

'Mama sold roses'

'Maybe I should have been listening'

'Memories to burn'

'Mirrors don't lie'

'Missing you just started hittin' home'

'Most of all why'

'Mr. Candyman'

'My eyes are jealous'

'My eyes are on the prize'

'My memories of you'

'New woman'

'Next to nothing'

'No goodbyes'

'No one will ever know'

'No trash in my trailer'

'Nobody's baby tonight'

'Nothing about her reminds me of you'

'Nothing sure looked good on you'

'Old loves never die'

'Old porch swing'

'One and one and one'

'One hell of a heartache'

'One sided conversation'

'One too many times'

'Only yesterday'

'Over there'

'Paper Rosie'

'Pick the wildwood flower'

'Precious memories'

'Raining in Dallas'

'Raisin' cane in Texas'

'Roads & other reasons'

'Rollin' home'

'Rose in the sand'

'Sailing home to me'

'Shadows on the wall'

'She found the key'

'She had me'

'She has no memory of me'

'She sure makes leaving seem easy'

'She's leavin' looking good'

'She's no lady'

'She's not yours anymore'

'Shine from the mountain'

'Should I come home (or should I go crazy)'

'Silver bells'

'Simple minded heart'

'Sittin' on a gold mine'

'Smithereens'

'Snake in the house'

'Someone's child'

'Somethin' 'bout being gone'

'Sometimes I get lucky and forget'

'Somewhere beyond nowhere'

'Somewhere over you'

'Sorry Willie'

'Speakin' of the angel'

'Speak of the devil'

'Speak softly (you're talking to my heart)'

'Speak well of me'

'Starting new memories today'

'Staying together' (duet with Rhonda Vincent)

'Still they call me love'

'Stranger in our house tonight'

'Take it from me'

'Take me as I am (or let me go)'

'Take off them shoes'

'Taste of the truth'

'Tennessee sunshine'

'Texas Saturday night'

'That evil child'

'That's when you know it's over'

'The ballad of Richard Lindsey'

'The beer at Dorsey's Bar'

'The birds & the bees'

'The bitter they are, the harder they fall'

'The Chesapeake bay'

'The city'

'The coast of Texas'

'The girl I used to run around on'

'The good ole days are right now'

'The great divide'

'The heart of a clown'

'The jukebox played along'

'The last thing I planned to do today was cheat'

'The look in baby's eyes'

'The man an' me and you'

'The man that broke your heart'

'The New York times'

'The note'

'The old man and his horn'

'The only difference'

'The sun never comes up again'

'The truth is I lied'

'The workin' end of a hoe'

'Thinking 'bout leaving'

'This circus that you call a rodeo'

'This could go on forever'

'This country's bigger than Texas'

'This dream's on me'

'This is my year for Mexico'

'This just ain't no good day for leavin'

'This side of the door'

'This song is just for you'

'This torch that I carry for you'

'Those eyes that lie to me'

'Three'

'Three minutes at a time'

'Through the eyes of love'

'Til a better memory comes along'

'Til Melinda comes around'

'Til you can make it on your own'

'Today I started loving you again'

'Together again'

'Tryin' to satisfy you'

'Two right people'

'Use me again'

'Walking back to Birmingham'

'We got a bad thing goin''

'We robbed trains'

'We've got a pulse' (duet with Trace Adkins)

'What a difference a day made'

'What she don't know won't hurt her'

'When a fool learns'

'When a man can't get a woman off his mind'

'When my Daddy danced'

'When my world left town'

'When she comes back'

'When she touches me'

'When there's not a tear left to my name'

'When you're not looking back'

'Where I’m concerned'

'Where love begins'

'Whose fool I wanna be'

'Will the circle be unbroken'

'Winds of change'

'Wino's prayer'

'With any luck at all'

'Would it be cheating'

'Wrong way to find Mr. right'

'You can't believe a thing I say'

'You can't get arrested in Nashville'

'You can't take it with you when you go'

'You could know as much about a stranger'

'You gave me a mountain'

'You pushed me to the limit'

'You put out an old flame last night'

'You sure make cheatin' seem easy'

'You took her off my hands'

'You waltzed yourself right into my life'

'Your uncharted mind'

'You're just another beer drinkin' song'

'You're out doing what I'm here doing without'

'You're what's happened to me'

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