There's a lotta pretty girls in California and some of them still linger on my mind You'll find it's just about the same all over But none of them were just quite like you'll find In downtown Knoxville the people have a way of makin' you feel at home In downtown Knoxville you won't be a stranger there for long
[ trumpet - guitar ] I'll walk on the bluegra** of Kentucky and I'll walk the streets of Nashville Tennessee I find somethin' everywhere that brings me pleasure But there's one place kinda special to me In downtown Knoxville... Downtown Knoxville they make this ol' fat boy feel right at home