Backing track by Frank Michels; vocal by Buddy Jewell; final mix by Galen Breen.
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Lyrics
I'm leavin' Nashville
on I-Forty East
A moving van is up ahead
with all that I own
Been workin’ myself half-blind
Almost forgot what I left behind
Goin’ back to East Tennessee –
to the hills where I was born
With white-tailed deer
and streams runnin' clear to the valley
Back to East Tennessee –
to the hills where I was born
I’ll be myself when I get home
I have it made, that's what they say
But I got lost in success
I have all I want, I’ve seen all there is –
Oh, I gotta go where I can rest
There’s a sign for Oak Ridge
Knoxville won’t be far
I know they must’ve been surprised
to hear me say goodbye
They may never understand
that I have to be who I am
So back to East Tennessee –
back to where I belong
To see that golden view
as a mourning dove coos at sundown
Back to East Tennessee –
back to where I belong
I'll be myself when I get home
I'll be myself when I get home
Photograph © 2010 Courtney D. Scott used by permission
