Story Behind The Song
Wrote this song with my brother Eugene after i played him my initial melody. The lyric is totally his.
Song Description
Song deals with effect of the 1932 drought in the Tennessee Valley and the singer laments his own personal situation.
| Song Length |
4:45 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Sadness, County |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1930 - 1939 |
Lyrics
LEAVIN? TENNESSEE
(1932, Drought has hit the Tennessee Valley)
Everybody?s movin? from the valley
Times are hard there?s nothin? left to do
It breaks my heart to see them leave the valley
Soon I guess I?ll be goin? too
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Nothin? left to see but dust and sorrow
All my neighbours ruined one by one
Drought has come and hunger sure must follow
Our golden days are numbered they are done
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Mabye I?ll go west to California
Or north to where the factory smoke I?ll see
Lookin? like no future in the southland
And handouts have no place in life for me
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
By: Willie Murphy & Eugene Murphy
IMRO Members. Copyright 2005
LEAVIN? TENNESSEE
(1932, Drought has hit the Tennessee Valley)
Everybody?s movin? from the valley
Times are hard there?s nothin? left to do
It breaks my heart to see them leave the valley
Soon I guess I?ll be goin? too
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Nothin? left to see but dust and sorrow
All my neighbours ruined one by one
Drought has come and hunger sure must follow
Our golden days are numbered they are done
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Mabye I?ll go west to California
Or north to where the factory smoke I?ll see
Lookin? like no future in the southland
And handouts have no place in life for me
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
By: Willie Murphy & Eugene Murphy
IMRO Members. Copyright 2005
LEAVIN? TENNESSEE
(1932, Drought has hit the Tennessee Valley)
Everybody?s movin? from the valley
Times are hard there?s nothin? left to do
It breaks my heart to see them leave the valley
Soon I guess I?ll be goin? too
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Nothin? left to see but dust and sorrow
All my neighbours ruined one by one
Drought has come and hunger sure must follow
Our golden days are numbered they are done
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Mabye I?ll go west to California
Or north to where the factory smoke I?ll see
Lookin? like no future in the southland
And handouts have no place in life for me
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
By: Willie Murphy & Eugene Murphy
IMRO Members. Copyright 2005
LEAVIN? TENNESSEE
(1932, Drought has hit the Tennessee Valley)
Everybody?s movin? from the valley
Times are hard there?s nothin? left to do
It breaks my heart to see them leave the valley
Soon I guess I?ll be goin? too
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Nothin? left to see but dust and sorrow
All my neighbours ruined one by one
Drought has come and hunger sure must follow
Our golden days are numbered they are done
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Mabye I?ll go west to California
Or north to where the factory smoke I?ll see
Lookin? like no future in the southland
And handouts have no place in life for me
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
By: Willie Murphy & Eugene Murphy
IMRO Members. Copyright 2005
LEAVIN? TENNESSEE
(1932, Drought has hit the Tennessee Valley)
Everybody?s movin? from the valley
Times are hard there?s nothin? left to do
It breaks my heart to see them leave the valley
Soon I guess I?ll be goin? too
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Nothin? left to see but dust and sorrow
All my neighbours ruined one by one
Drought has come and hunger sure must follow
Our golden days are numbered they are done
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
Mabye I?ll go west to California
Or north to where the factory smoke I?ll see
Lookin? like no future in the southland
And handouts have no place in life for me
Because there?s nothin? growin?
And there?s nothin? goin? for me here
The land is dyin? I?m leavin? Tennessee
By: Willie Murphy & Eugene Murphy
IMRO Members. Copyright 2005