Tennessee Sunshine Gene Watson

[Verse 1]
Well, just before the sunrise in the morning
I'll be on the highway headed home
Home is just a little bit east of Nashville
Where the Tennessee River winds along

[Chorus]
I'm a-gonna hear the roosters crowing "Sourwood Mountains"
I've got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'll trade these traveling blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sun shining, you, loving you

[Verse 2]
I worked in the Texas sand, a-picking cotton
And I tried rodeoing last fall
I worked in a Caterpillar factory in Peoria, Illinois
And traveled Canada east of Montreal

[Chorus]
I'm a-gonna hear the roosters crowing "Sourwood Mountains"
I've got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'll trade these traveling blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sun shining, you, loving you

[Verse 3]
Wonder if the folks back home will know me
Since they've saw me, I've lost 30 pounds
I sure have missed my mama's country cooking
And the Sunday singing's better on the ground