He doesn’t kiss her, he gets out of bed
She writes love poems he’s never read
He turns a blind eye to the tears she sheds
Just a couple livin’ ordinary lives
She makes the coffee, makes up the bed
Listens to rain drummin’ overhead
So many “I love you’s” he’s left unsaid
Just a couple livin’ ordinary lives
Chorus 1:
And the Tennessee rain
Falls straight down from the sky
In her hurt and her pain
All she can do is cry
Like Tennessee rain
She makes breakfast, he’s distant and cool
She packs lunch, he loads his truck with tools
She dreams of love by a tropical pool
Just a couple livin’ ordinary lives
She wonders when their love grew so dim
Does laundry, smells perfume, sees lipstick
The hurting heart she carries finally rips
Just a woman discovering the lies
Chorus 1:
And the Tennessee rain
Falls straight down from the sky
In her hurt and her pain
All she can do is cry
Like Tennessee rain
She packs her suitcase with clothes and dreams
Heading for an island where she can live free
Finally admitted the love that she needs
Wouldn’t ever happen in her ordinary life
Final Chorus:
And the Tennessee rain
Fell straight down from the sky
She was done with the pain
And finally said goodbye
To Tennesse rain
And the Tennessee rain
Fell straight down from the sky
She was done with the pain
And finally said goodbye
To Tennesse rain
Trailer: When she finally said goodbye to that ordinary life
She finally said goodbye to that ordinary life
© August 8, 1998 by JB Heston
