Can I sit next to you? Can you sit next to me? Get the stars out your eyes Come and bring them to me I been down so long I've been working on a plan, yeah It's just that I been down so long I gotta give me my mind what I can Can I sit next to you? Can you sit next to me? I walked to Memphis alone, 'cause you'd do it for me Ooh, I know you would All of the kicks from the sticks All the kicks that we knew I put all that aside, concentrate on you All the kicks from the sticks All the hits that we took All them stitches we got, all our brains so cooked
Some day I'm gonna get where you are I've been down so long Been down but now I gotta get lifted up I'm gonna walk a tightrope Gonna get kicks every night No one's holding me back, no one's changing my mind no more Gonna walk a tightrope Gonna get kicks every night No one's holding me back, no one's changing my mind Get the stars out your eyes Come and sit next to me Under Tennessee skies, down on South Front Street I've been working on a plan, yeah I been down so long Been down but now I gotta get lifted up