Lyrics

Livin? It Up Down In Tennessee
Songwriters: Joe Jackson/Annalisa Jackson

When my job moved me down to Tennessee,
Mary said she couldn?t come with me.
She said she loved her job, and she couldn?t just walk away.
After an e-mail or two and a couple of calls,
She made it clear she wasn?t happy at all.
In that Dear John letter she said we should go our own way.

But that?s all right, that?s fine with me,
I?m livin? it up down in Tennessee.
Where the weather might change but the girls stay hot year round.
After a couple of beers under the neon lights,
I never have too many lonely nights,
Livin? it up down in Tennessee.

All my new friends couldn?t figure out,
Why I didn?t get upset and didn?t seem down.
And I tried to explain that I wasn?t that type of guy.
You see that little ole letter Mary sent to me
Wasn?t the first one I got that week,
Opened a letter from Heather and found a long drawn out goodbye.

But that?s all right that?s fine with me,
I?m livin? it up down in Tennessee.
Where the weather might change but the girls stay hot year round.
After a couple of beers under the neon lights,
I never have too many lonely nights,
Livin? it up down in Tennessee.

The very next week I looked through the mail.
I got a letter from Charlotte as well.
And I had a feeling I knew what it was all about.
She said she wasn?t sorry for what she had to do.
It seems she found out about the other two.
To make a long story short, she wished we?d a never gone out.



But that?s all right that?s fine with me,
I?m livin? it up down in Tennessee.
Where the weather might change but the girls stay hot year round.
After a couple of beers under the neon lights,
I never have too many lonely nights,
Livin? it up down in Tennessee.


And Saturday night I ordered a drink,
For that pretty little blonde sitting next to me.
She took me to her table, introduced me to a couple of friends.


©, Joseph Jackson/ Annalisa Jackson, 2006