I say, how could this be Left her back in Tennessee Now, there's a thousand miles between I'm going out of my head But I can't take back the words I said Just to fill her empty bed Said you can drag me back to Nashville But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead She wanted nothing more in her life than to see her name in lights So, I came along for the ride but there was just no end To the smoky bars and unpaid rent, day job blues held by a thread Oh, you can drag me back to Nashville But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead North Dakota boy in Tennessee That singing town had got the best of me Oh yeah, and I lost my love to the dream Looking back I lost a part of me and so I said You can drag me back to Nashville But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead I say, how could this be North Dakota boy in Tennessee That singing town had got the best of me Oh yeah, and I lost my love to the dream Looking back I lost a part of me and so I said You can drag me back to Nashville But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead Oh, you can drag me back to Nashville But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead North Dakota boy in Tennessee I say, how could this be North Dakota boy in Tennessee