Lyrics

Tennessee train, in the rain of Knoxville
Tennessee Train, a celebration ride
Alligator sleeping, Alabama swampland
Country maiden weeping on the Gulfport ocean sand

His mind was racing, riding the rails
The pain of heaven, the pleasure of hell
And he left a city built on vanity and greed
But he chose an open country road

Tennessee Train, roll into the station
Appalachian foothill, sleeping by her side
Banjo on the bayou, a fiddle on the farmland
Switchman at the station, waving us in by hand

His mind was racing, riding the rails
The pain of heaven, the pleasure of hell
And he left a city built on vanity and greed
But he chose an open country road
An open country road