Yeah the doctors don't know, but New York was killing me Bunch of doctors coming around, they don't know That New York is killing me Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee Let me tell ya city living ain't all It is cracked up to be Fast city living it all It's cracked up to be Yes, seem I need to go home And slow down in Jackson, Tennessee
♪ Yes I lay down, I lay down The doctor: "Try to take it all in" Yeah, lay down, lay down To try to take it all in (Take it all in) Yeah, you got eight million people And I didn't have a single friend Don't you know, don't you know New York was killing me Yes, I was standing nearly dying here And New York was killing me Seems like I need to start over And move back home in Jackson, Tennessee Lord have mercy, mercy on me Yeah, Lord have mercy, have mercy on me Tell him to bury my body back home in Jackson, Tennessee Yeah Lord have mercy, have mercy on me Yeah, I need to be back home, need to be back home Need to be back home, need to be back home yeah Born in Chicago but I go home Tennessee Yeah, I was born in Chicago but I