Rocky Top

Album: Yesterday, Today, And The Osborne Brothers (1967)
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  • Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
    Down in the Tennessee hills
    Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
    Ain't no telephone bills
    Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
    Half bear, other half cat
    Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
    I still dream about that

    Rocky Top, you'll always be
    Home sweet home to me
    Good ol' Rocky Top
    Rocky Top, Tennessee
    Rocky Top, Tennessee

    Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
    Lookin' for a moonshine still
    Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
    Reckon they never will
    Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
    Dirt's too rocky by far
    That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
    Get their corn from a jar

    Rocky Top, you'll always be
    Home sweet home to me
    Good ol' Rocky Top
    Rocky Top, Tennessee
    Rocky Top, Tennessee

    I've had years of cramped-up city life
    Trapped like a duck in a pen
    All I know is it's a pity life
    Can't be simple again

    Rocky Top, you'll always be
    Home sweet home to me
    Good ol' Rocky Top
    Rocky Top, Tennessee
    Rocky Top, Tennessee
    Rocky Top, Tennessee Writer/s: Rick James
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Michael Shepard from Las Cruces NmA fourteen year old could write a song like Rocky Top from another state. The Bryant's couldn't write it that quick. They could only copy it. It's like admitting they don't write songs. I write songs including Rocky Top.
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