There's a place I'd like to be and it's back in Tennessee
Where your friendly neighbors smile and say hello
It's a pleasure and a treat to me enter down the street
That's why I want the whole wide world to know

I love those dear hearts and gentle people
Who live in my home town
Because those dear hearts and gentle people
Will never ever let you down

They read the good book from Friday till Monday
That's how the weekend goes
I've got a dream house I'll build there one day
With picket fence and rambling rose

I feel so welcome each time that I return
That my happy heart keeps laughing like a clown
I love those dear hearts and gentle people
Who live and love in my hometown

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I feel so welcome each time that I return...