Sing me a song of the Smoky Mountains

And I'll be home by the sun

Get up and dance while the fiddle is shoutin'

'Cause darlin', my work is almost done

I need to get back where the corn don't grow

Where the mockbird fly when the sun sets through

It's a simple life, but the only way I know

Where the hound dogs chase them squirrels around

All up a tree, chill shoots them down

And the moonshine still still sits behind that rope

Yeah, baby, I know you get real tired of me

Livin' this life in these tent ties

Even though you know these songs are all 'bout you

And I don't give a damn, do whatever it takes

To get back to you, see your face

As the bus breaks down, hell, I'll just start runnin'

Sing me a song of the Smoky Mountains

And I'll be home by the sun

Get up and dance while the fiddle is shoutin'

'Cause darlin', my work is almost done

Yeah, my work's almost done

Baby, wait up for me

Baby, wait up for me

I know it's been too long

Yeah, but darlin', don't fall asleep

So baby, wait up for me