A Carpetbagger's Ode to Rocky

Seems so long ago She became the Tennessee hills A 45 and an open telephone A stack of medical bills Once, she loved a bear named Rocky They wrestled on a honky-tonk mat When it's late and low in Gatlinburg snow You can hear her talk about that Tennessee, you'll never be Home to someone like me Swallow me, Rocky Rocky, won't you swallow me? Black ink don't fight in a town so white Lovin' on their Civil War star But the bodies pile and Dolly just smiles And everybody goes to the bar She fell in love for me in Tennessee Now she's everywhere Lawmen feel her power Preachers comb her hair Tennessee, I thought you'd be A home to someone like me Tennessee, I thought you'd be A home to someone like me I will play Jonah You play the whale for me So swallow me, Rocky Rocky, won't you swallow me? My animal is naked It's howling on the hook I begged you for some water And choked on your holy book Tennessee, I thought you'd be A home to someone like me Tennessee, I thought you'd be A home to someone like me I will play Jonah You play the whale for me So swallow me, Rocky Rocky, won't you swallow me? Swallow me, Rocky Rocky, won't you swallow me? Tennessee, you'll never be Home to someone like me Swallow me, Rocky Rocky, won't you swallow me?