'Cause they'll catch you wherever you hid
And I'm feeling like one of your photographs, girl
At the brand new, oh, Tennessee Waltz
At the brand new, oh, Tennessee Waltz
Oh, ah, I'm trapped while I was putting on air
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
In the same way that I'm leaving you
Play a tune for a Tennessee kid
But with no place to go if he did
Descending Victorian stairs
It's just no telling who will be there
You were literally waltzing on air
But I left Tennessee, in a hurry, dear, now
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
So have all of your passionate violins
You were literally waltzing on air
'Cause I've a sadness that's too sad to be true
You were literally waltzing on air
At the brand new, oh, Tennessee Waltz
At the brand new Tennessee Waltz
When I leave it'll be like I found you, love
Because love is mainly just memories, you see
So I get even by sayin', "Well, who cares?"
And by God, I should be there too
It's just no telling who will be there
And everyone has got him a few
Who, this feeling, like leaving another town, now
An' I imagine that she's still in Tennessee, boy
So when I'm gone, I'll be glad to love you
