I was in Missouri, y'would not let me be Yeah and I was in Missouri, baby, you would not let me be Now and I could not rest content till I come to Tennessee I been down so long looks like up to me And I been down so long looks like up to me You know the gal I love, baby she don't care for me I told her stick with me baby and I'll turn your money green Stick with me baby and I'll turn your money green I'm gonna give you more money baby than Rockefeller ever seen Well if you're talkin' about big hearted, I swear I'm an honest man Yeah, you're sitting 'round talkin' 'Bout big hearted now, know I'm an honest man Now and I give my baby money, broke her apron strings Woo and I'd holler bloody murder but the doggone town's too small Yeah and I'd holler woo, but the town too small You know the girl I love, well she don't love me at all Now I looked over muddy waters and I believe I spied dry land Now I would wade in muddy waters baby, tryna reach dry land I said if you don't like me baby then let's shake hand in hand Now if you found some woman's lovin', measure it in a cup Yeah, and found some woman's lovin', go and measure it in a cop Now You know mine went and left me, and left me in hard luck I was in Missouri babe, y'would not let me be I was in Missouri, women would not let me be Now and I could not rest content until I come to Tennessee