See the Redtail on he r perch upon the fencepost
Highway 40 roll on by.
If I could rea ch across the distanc e for a mom ent
I'd steal the sad ness from her eyes.
2. It's Februar y and the weather' s clear for dr iving
how I've missed your Tennessee.
The morning sun jus t stole the shadows fro m the mountain s
and the years away from me .
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
but you still loo k the same to me.
And your eyes a re just as blue across the tab le
as the sky in Tennessee.
(Instrumental)
Thi s old farm is n e'er so big as I re membe r
now the fields are burned and brow n.
The Pigeon River' s running deeper tha n Decembe r
where the Winter snows lay dow n.
How you lo ve your house and - th is lon g bed sent from Ken ya
and the tell ing of the story of the woman you met there.
She' s a darkhaired beauty - - my ha ir's only g rowing thinner
and my threads a little bare.
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
but you still loo k the same to me.
And your eyes a re just as blue across the tab le
as the sky in Tennessee.
(Instrumental)
In t he silence hear the years we dar e not speak of
let this arrow pass on through.
And I'll be gon e before my heart has met resist ance
like you hope d that I would d o.
See t he Redtail turn her wing t oward the m ountain
God there's sunlight in your sm ile.
If I could rea ch across the di stance for a moment
I'd steal her memor y from your eye s.
Yes I've changed and I knew that I was able
but you still loo k the same to me.
And your eyes a re just as blue across the tab le
Than the sky in Ten nessee (bis)
