Empty Tank, Full Despair

(ohhh Tennessee)

My dog just died and my wallet is flat

No beer, no weed,

and no gas in the tank

My single wide trailer is burning down to ash

Momma warned me 'bout marrying my kin

But I wed my little cousin and the troubles begin (mmm-hmmm)

Oh Tennessee, what a terrible mistake

I took her out on a broken boat upon the lake She

couldn't swim, now she's gone below the deep And I've got secrets

that I can no longer keep

(oh no)

I tried to hide the truth about my life

But her daddy caught me

in a dark embrace

Now the secrets are out in this southern town

Caught with my uncle in our meeting place

My cousin-wife is gone and the ashes fall down

Nothing left but my loaded forty-five

Oh Tennessee,

why am I still alive (Tennessee)