I fell over backwards when I got the news
She was a friend of many years
I pulled over off a gravel road somewhere
I'm in a mood to shed my blues
I'm in a mood
‘Cause I left Tallaha**ee in the rain
and I drove all the night through Georgia
and I reached Tennessee before sunrise
and I cried all the way to Memphis
Some fingerprints were lifted from her bedside tray
She never went to work that day
Her k**er was a man she met in acting cla**
Who cast her in his foul play his foul play
his foul play
‘Cause I left Tallaha**ee in the rain
and I drove all the night through Georgia
and I reached Tennessee before sunrise
and I cried all the way to Memphis
An apple from the orchard falls onto the ground
and if there are no worms around
the sun will take and bake into a rotting core
Until the seeds are there no more
are there no more
‘Cause I left Tallaha**ee in the rain
and I drove all the night through Georgia
and I reached Tennessee before sunrise
and I cried all the way to Memphis
I left Tallaha**ee in the rain
and I drove all the night through Georgia
and I reached Tennessee before sunrise
and I cried all the way to Memphis