Lyrics Depot

Lyrics » Arrested Development Lyrics » Tennessee Lyrics

Find Song Lyrics:

Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Tennessee by Arrested Development. Please check back for more Arrested Development lyrics.

Tennessee Lyrics

Artist: Arrested Development

Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losin ground
Although I am black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin up
Why does it have to be so damn tuff?
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandmas past, my brothers gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire (home)
But lord I ask you (home)
To be my guiding force and truth (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)

(Chorus) Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan

Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Talkin to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country
Past Dyesburg into Ripley
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Walk the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go back to from whence you came (home)
My family tree my family name (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)

Chorus

Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty...
The lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searchin for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee

Chorus

Comments/Interpretations
by norman.hatley@yahho.com on 6/5/2008 1:19pm I loved it
by yeah on 6/22/2008 12:36pm great song :)
by Nick Parisi on 7/16/2008 10:57am You can't know where you're going if you don't know where you came from. Thanks.
by Clarise on 7/29/2008 1:33pm I love this negro spirital....
by KaLiZtOoO on 9/24/2008 12:43pm i love this song but it miss some parts..!!! the parts that the girl sing
by bryan on 10/5/2008 11:38am i gave a horse shoe!
by aubrey on 10/5/2008 8:04pm amazing
by chellslo on 10/8/2008 12:38pm IT HAD SO MUCH MEANINGIT> I LOVE THE "HEY I CHALLENGE YOU TO A GAME OF HORSE SHOE" THAT WAS F**ING FUNNY!!!
by jerome x on 10/15/2008 11:46pm yo this song is sick tho
by Erin on 10/23/2008 4:37am one of my absolut favorites..gives me chills everytime i hear it. such meaning and soul...
by omar on 10/28/2008 3:42pm I'm Mexican and I get the chills... powerful
by lookingforogs on 10/29/2008 9:29pm damn this song is amazingggggggggg! take me to another place, take me to another laand make me forget all that hurts me let me understand your plan. wow this is a fucking awesome song I miss these days so bad :( one of my all time favorite songs point blank
by lookingforOGs on 10/29/2008 9:29pm damn this song is amazingggggggggg! take me to another place, take me to another laand make me forget all that hurts me let me understand your plan. wow this is a fucking awesome song I miss these days so bad :( one of my all time favorite songs point blank yea it does need the parts where the girl talks lol
by misse on 11/20/2008 10:08am One of my favorite songs of all time....period. Also gives me chills. Wonderful lyrics with deep meaning, and I'm an atheist.
by Bouz on 11/27/2008 1:31am this is shit... new found glory do it better... doesnt give me chills u cunts are gay
by cooley on 12/1/2008 10:33pm hahaha, she won the game of horseshoe and now he owes her a WATERMELON! hahaha
by style on 12/22/2008 9:06am never realized hoe deep these lyrics scar. damn what happen to them. they should have been more than 1 hit wonders well 2 hit (mr wendall)
by Deepak on 12/22/2008 2:02pm Excellent!!! Really Good.
by Da Kiid P frm Bayshore NY on 12/31/2008 2:12pm i love dis song...
by 26/w/m on 1/8/2009 4:03pm i don't fit the profile, but i understand pain, too. it's a great song.
by Cirino on 1/21/2009 6:10pm I challenge you to a game of horsehoes, A GAME OF HORSESHOES!
by abc on 1/27/2009 11:32am don't forget about everyday people... 3 hits.
by Sagg on 1/31/2009 5:46pm yeah, what about the 'Horse shoes' part of the song?
by Kristen on 2/9/2009 11:01pm "but I am still thirsty..." Gives me chills!
by Farai on 2/14/2009 12:48am very inspirational.
by sage on 2/26/2009 9:31am This is my ultimate prayer/song in a time of trouble/despair/hope!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
by roundawaygurl on 2/28/2009 9:08am They were at least three hit wonders - Don't for get "Everyday People"
by poop on 3/23/2009 2:48pm a game of horse shoes !!!
by scottie on 4/3/2009 12:42am i luv this songg, and im asian. lol
by DownHomeNegro on 5/1/2009 10:47am I like to sing this song countryfied, Brad Paisley style.
by Acrideagle on 6/12/2009 1:02pm I like this song
by Wed nes day on 8/9/2009 3:56pm Bouz is being a terrible idiot!!!!! WE ARE NOT GAY!!arrested devolpment played at the calgary folk music festivaL!!AND I GOT TO MEET THEM!!!!!!!speech IS down to earth. they are AMAZING. i got there autigraph. (i am only 13 so sorry about the spelling errors)
by Wed nes day on 8/10/2009 10:21pm id like to rephrase what i said last.its okay that bouz feels that way i mean no harm to anyone. just because he dosent like the music we like it dosent mean i should call him an idiot.im soory for any insulting words
by a to the b to the b to the e on 8/14/2009 3:19pm Bouz you jerk!!!! go drink some bleach while you sit in your mothers basment playing dungeons and dragons. And F.Y.I YOU'LL NEVER GET A GIRL!!!!!
by El che on 9/15/2009 1:26pm reminds me i was 13 another place
by Bouz on 9/28/2009 8:30pm Im am sooooooooo sorry. You guys are right. I wont say anything like that again.
by culo on 11/5/2009 2:04pm omgggeee! i freakin luv dis song! dur so gud!

Name:
Comment: