Smoky Mountain Memories Lyrics

You ought to go north somebody told us
Cause the air is filled with gold dust
And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
Now I don't recall who said it
But we'd lived so long on credit
And so we headed out to find our promised land

Just poor Smoky Mountains farm folk
With nothing more than high hopes
So we hitched our station wagon to a star
But our dreams all fell in on us
Cause there was no land of promise
Though it's a stuggle just keepin' sight of who you are

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern heart is weary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I know that they all love me
And they're all thinking of me
The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

You know I've been thinkin' a whole lot lately
About what's been and what awaits me
It takes all I've got to give what life demands
You go insane if you give in to it
Life's a mill and I've been through it
I'm just thankful I'm creative with my hands

Oh and these northern nights they're dreary
And my southern eyes are teary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus
He'll love and guide and lead us
The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

If I'll keep looking to the father
Keep our heads above the water
While the Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

Dolly Parton - Heartsongs

Sep 1994

1. Heartsong
2. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
3. Mary of the Wild Moor
4. In the Pines
5. My Blue Tears
6. Applejack
7. Coat of Many Colors
8. Smoky Mountain Memories
9. Night Train to Memphis
10. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
11. Hold Fast to the Right
12. Walter Henry Hagan
13. Barbara Allen
14. Brave Little Soldier
15. To Daddy
16. True Blue
17. Longer Than Always
18. Wayfaring Stranger
19. My Tennessee Mountain Home
20. Heartsong (Reprise)
21. Cas Walker Theme
22. Black Draught Theme
23. PMS Blues