They say this lasts forever
That's just what I'm afraid of
I'll never danced like this again
She smiles like the Georgia summer
She laughs like the sound of thunder
I wanna dance like this again

I'm not the marrying kind
I've said it a thousand times
But I've never danced like this before
She's got the prettiest shoes
And I love the way she moves
I wanna dance like this again

'Cause 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 the 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
Oh she danced away with my heart and soul
Who she was I will never know
Danced away with my hopes and dreams
My sweet girl from Tennessee

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 the girl named Tennessee