Recorded Version Is In A Major
Intro
Verse 1
The Tobacco Field Tilted Toward The Edge Of Summer,
Greener Than Anything That It Could Ever Keep.
The Creek Rehearsed The Same Old Conversation
With Stones Best Meant To Listen, Not To Speak.
Verse 2
The Blackberries Slowly Darkened In The Sunshine,
Using All Of June Just To Learn Their Name.
We Found Them Where The Pasture Met The Forest,
Taking What The Bluebirds Couldn't Claim.
Chorus
Where Tennessee Narrows Toward Virginia,
The Brick House Holds The Stories We All Knew.
It Carries All Our Summers Through The Hollers,
Always Leaving Room For Someone New.
Verse 3
Love's Voices Crossed These Hills Before The Daylight.
I Hear Them As I Whisper Through The Trails.
My Brother And My Sisters Left Their Footprints,
Grown Over Now But This Farm Still Tells Their Tales.
Verse 4
I Still See Mom And Dad Along The Hillsides,
Though Their Days In Tennessee Are Gone.
And Still I See My Daughter Walk Beside Them.
So They Can Pass Their Dusk Onto Her Dawn.
Chorus
Where Tennessee Narrows Toward Virginia,
The Brick House Holds The Stories We All Knew.
It Carries All Our Summers Through The Hollers,
Always Leaving Room For Someone New.
Verse 5
The Hills Keep Watch Above The Rolling Pastures,
While Seasons Pass Like Shadows Through The Trees.
We Leave Our Names Behind Us As We Wander,
Someone Will Find Them In Another Summer Breeze.
Chorus
Where Tennessee Narrows Toward Virginia,
The Brick House Holds The Stories We All Knew.
It Carries All Our Summers Through The Hollers,
Always Leaving Room For Someone New.
