oh my but you have a pretty face you favor a girl that i knew i imagine that she s still in tennessee and by god i should be there too i ve a sadness too sad to be true but i left tennessee in a hurry dear the same way that i m leaving you because love is mainly just memories and everyone s got them a few so when i m gone i ll be glad to love you at the brand new tennessee waltz you re literally waltzing on air at the brand new tennessee waltz there s no telling who will be there when i leave it ll be like i found you love descending victorian stairs i m feeling like one of your photographs trapped while i m putting on airs and getting even by asking who cares at the brand new tennessee waltz you re literally waltzing on air at the brand new tennessee waltz there s no telling who will be there so have all of your passionate violins play a tune for a tennessee kid who s feeling like leaving another town with no place to go if he did cause they ll catch you wherever you re hid  at the brand new tennessee waltz you re literally waltzing on air at the brand new tennessee waltz there s no telling who will be there