Outside the Nashville City Limits Joan Baez

Outside the Nashville city limits
A friend and I did drive
On a day in early winter
I was glad to be alive
We went to see some friends of his
Who lived upon a farm
Strange and gentle country folk
Who would wish nobody harm
Fresh-cut sixty acres
Eight cows in the barn
But the thing that I remember
On that cold day in December
Was that my eyes they did brim over
As we talked

In the slowest drawl I had ever heard
The man said "Come with me
If y'all wanna see the prettiest place
In all of Tennesee."
He poured us each a glass of wine
And a-walking we did go
Along fallen leaves and crackling ice
Where a tiny brook did flow
He knew every inch of the land
And Lord he loved it so
But the thing that I remember
On that cold day in December
Was that my eyes were brimming over
As we walked