I'm gonna write me a Tennessee killin' song|It's gonna be about you| |It'll be dark|Oh, it'll be lonesome|It'll be sad|And it'll be true| |I'm gonna write me a Tennessee killin' song|It's gonna be about you| |You spoke kind, you spoke gentle|You know you won my heart saying you'd be true|But then you left me for another|And it kills me to see her with you| |I'm gonna write me a Tennessee killin' song|It's gonna be about you| |Off to Portland, you did run, Dear|From our Tennessee home|In her arms, I did find you|And now you'll nevermore roam| |I just wrote me a Tennessee killin' song|And it's sad and it's true| |I just wrote me a Tennessee killin' song|And it's all about you