Janis Ian My Tennessee Hills Lyrics

When all my dreams have been shattered,
And the fabric of life comes undone.
When it seems like nothing matters,
And all of my good times have gone.
There's a place that I've kept sheltered,
From the sight of my sorrow and shame.
Though it's years since I beheld her,
She still calls my name.

((I'll go home, I'll go home,))
((Where the wild shadows roam.))
((And the dawn over mountaintops spills,))
((Where the deer pause in flight.))
((On the edge of the night,))
((I'll go home to my Tennessee Hills.))
((I'll go home to my Tennessee Hills.))

When all my vows have been broken,
And my wild heart can't be tamed.
When I've loved and lost once too often,
And failure is my middle name.
There's a place that holds forgiveness, And the promise of peace in despair.
((When I'm down to my last witness,))

((I'll be going there.))

((I'll go home, I'll go home,))
((Where the wild shadows roam.))
((And the dawn over mountaintops spills,))
((Where the deer pause in flight.))
((On the edge of the night,))
((I'll go home to my Tennessee Hills.))

[Instrumental break.]

((I'll go home, I'll go home,))
((Where the wild shadows roam.))
((And the dawn over mountaintops spills,))
((Where the deer pause in flight.))
((On the edge of the night,))
((I'll go home to my Tennessee Hills.))
((I'll go home to my Tennessee,))
((Home to my Tennessee, home to my Tennessee Hills.))