Scott Whitby, 2022
Nobody knows about West Tennessee
Nobody even cares
West Tennessee don't care either
It likes being nowhere
Whoever heard of the Obion River
Where's the Forked Deer
Get lost in Hatchie Bottom
That's when you find fear
Spot of land
Holds the world together
Growing cotton and music
For all the world to treasure
West Tennessee is more than bodies Floatin' down the river
Cotton and music is what it is
And all it has been forever
Mississippi is to the West
With all its poison fish
Tennessee is on the other side
No better for to wish
Friendship's Bloody Bucket
Samburg Bar and Cafe
The 641 Club in Puryear
They ain't no place to pray
Spot of land
Holds the world together
Growing cotton and music
For all the world to treasure
West Tennessee is more than bodies Floatin' down the river
Cotton and music is what it is
And all it has been forever
West Tennessee has nothing to say
West Tennessee can only pray
West Tennessee on a rainy day
It's a complicated bouquet
Is it God's resort
Or the devil's fiance
West Tennessee, West Tennessee
Finding your Roots or Walking Tall
Nobody cares about West Tennessee
Nobody cares at all
West Tennessee, West Tennessee
Whether Puryear or Crockett Mills
Nobody cares if you don't know
Nobody there ever will
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