You may call me a rover I have rambled around

But I'll quit my roaming when I get to Nashville town

You may call me a liar or a hard-headed fool

But I'm burning into Memphis on a flop-eared mule

I'm Tennessee bound bound bound

Bound bound bound

Good lord I'm Tennessee bound

Come a rolling down the mountain there's a girl of fourteen

She's the sweetest apple blossom just a hillbilly queen

I'm a coming round the mountain don't you try to follow me

I'm going to be her daddy when I get to Tennessee

I'm Tennessee bound bound bound

Bound bound bound

Good lord I'm Tennessee bound

I'm Tennessee bound bound bound

Bound bound bound

Good lord I'm Tennessee bound

Ooh Tennessee bound

Ooh Tennessee bound

Oh they say the stars in Texas surely shine shine shine

But I'd trade them all to taste a drop of mulberry wine

I'm a coming through the desert if I have to I will crawl

There's a paradise a waiting once I get through Arkansas

I'm Tennessee bound bound bound

Bound bound bound

Good lord I'm Tennessee bound

I'm Tennessee bound bound bound

Bound bound bound

Good lord I'm Tennessee bound

Here bound home from and now

Ooh Tennessee bound

Ooh Tennessee bound

Ooh Tennessee bound

Ooh Tennessee bound