They say this last forever
That's just what I'm afraid of
I've never danced like this before
She smiles like the Georgia summer
She laughs like the sound of thunder
I'll never dance like this again

I was free and far from home
I was young and on my own
I was blind as I could be
Thinking love was not for me
Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee

I'm not the marrying kind
I've said it a thousand times
I've never danced like this before
She's got the prettiest shoes
And I love the way she moves
I'll never dance like this again

I was free and far from home
I was young and on my own
I was blind as I could be
Thinking love was not for me
Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee

Lights came down and the room spun slow
Started saying she had to go
Don't go baby, I didn't get your name
She said, "Don't worry. I did not say."

I was free and far from home
I was young and on my own
I was blind as I could be
Thinking love was not for me
Till the night I met that girl named Tennessee