I fell asleep on a train in Texas
and I dreamed of Tennessee.
I woke up in Alabama
with you sitting across from me.
I wondered how I got to Heaven (never saw the Nashville sign),
then you looked at me and smiled
and took Tennessee off my mind.

I'd been dreamin' bout home in Memphis
and everything it meant to me,
tho I was ridin' thru Tuscaloosa
my heart was in Tennessee.
I gazed at you in wonder,
such an unbelievable surprise.
I barely knew I was awake
cause I saw Heaven in your eyes.

You said you heart was broken.
I know just how that feels
and I know the look on another's face
with pain they can't conceal.
Still I wondered...if I'm not dreamin'
would God let you be mine
and if He would...would you consent
to try another time.

I didn't know just what to say...
my luck's been runnin' thin.
I couldn't stand the thought of losin' you
this time I had to win.
You said you missed the Smokey Mountains,
the way the mist hangs in the trees.
Then we both remembered Graceland
and starry nights in Tennessee.

Was I only dreamin'...
could a love like this be true.
Are there ever second chances
for people like me and you.
Although no promises were spoken,
I took your hand in mine
cause Tennessee was callin'
and our two hearts had intertwined.

(Chorus)
Whoever knows the twists and turns of life
and shouts into the wind
wherever a lonely heart cries out
and love comes runnin' in
when 2 are 1, the angels weep
with joy for Heaven sings.
Sure the Devil went to Georgia,
but God's in Tennessee.