I took that gravel road, straight outta town
Where the stars light up the sky when the sun goes down
Mama said, don't forget where you're from
But it's hard not towhen you're made of this dirt and sun
You left a scar of a darn, that's alright
Tennessee winds gonna blow through the night
With a six pack of memories I ain't lettin' go
The truth is in the wind, it's all I need to know
Cause the back roads and heart strings pullin' me tight
Like a whiskey river flowin' on a Saturday night
Got your name carved in my soul, deep as that creek
A love that don't break, but it sure does ache
Honey, you'll always be my Tennessee mistake
Daddy's old Ford, it's been to take and pin
We drove past those fields where our story begins
Bless your heart, you'd say with a smile
And for a moment, baby, it was worth all the miles
The cicadas hung, the world stays still
Out in these hills, time don't know how to kill
But your memory's got a mind of its own
Driftin' like smoke where the moonlight shone
Cause the back roads and heart strings pullin' me tight
Like a whiskey river flowin' on a Saturday night
Got your name carved in my soul, deep as that creek
A love that don't break, but it sure does ache
Honey, you'll always be my Tennessee mistake
Oh, I ain't lookin' back, but I ain't movin' on
There's a piece of me that'll always be gone
And every fiddle's cryin', every southern breeze
I hear your voice callin' back to me
Cause the back roads and heart strings pullin' me tight
Like a whiskey river flowin' on a Saturday night
Got your name carved in my soul, deep as that creek
A love that don't break, but it sure does ache
Honey, you'll always be my Tennessee mistake
Yeah, you'll always be my Tennessee mistake
But I wouldn't change a thing, no matter what it takes