I grew up two hours north of Birmingham Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam He told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now daddy can't So I thank God for the TVA Thank God for the TVA When me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray Thank God for the TVA ♪ When I was 15, me and my girl set out on the lock Watching the raccoons and terrapins dance on the rocks She let me put my hand up under her shirt I wanted her to want me so bad it hurt ♪ So I thank God for the TVA Thank God for the TVA When me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day Thank God for the TVA ♪ My granddaddy told me, when he was just seven or so His daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe Not too much to eat for seven boys and three girls All lived in a tent, bunch of sharecroppers versus the world ♪ So his mama sat down, wrote a letter to FDR And a couple of days later, couple of county men came in a car Rode out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow And he helped build the dam that gave power to most of the South ♪ So I thank God for the TVA Thank God for the TVA Where Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay Thank God for the TVA