They say this last forever

That's just what I'm afraid of

I've never danced like this before

She smiles like the Georgia summer

She laughs like the sound of thunder

I'll never dance like this again



I was free and far from home

I was young and on my own

I was blind as I could be

Thinking love was not for me

Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee



I'm not the marrying kind

I've said it a thousand times

I've never danced like this before

She's got the prettiest shoes

And I love the way she moves

I'll never dance like this again



I was free and far from home

I was young and on my own

I was blind as I could be

Thinking love was not for me

Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee



Lights came down and the room spun slow

Started saying she had to go

Don't go baby, I didn't get your name

She said, "Don't worry. I did not say."



I was free and far from home

I was young and on my own

I was blind as I could be

Thinking love was not for me

Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee