Tennessee Flat Lyrics

In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town,
Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around.
And all the girls from there to Austin,
Were slippin' away from home and puttin' jewelery in hock.
To take the trip, to go and listen,
To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.

And he would play: [Instrumental]

Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle, and he never cared to make a dime.
But give him his guitar, and he'd be happy all the time.
And all the girls from nine to ninety,
Were snapping fingers, tapping toes, and begging him: "Don't stop."
And hypnotized and fascinated,
By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.

And he would play: [Instrumental]

Then one day he was gone, and no one ever saw him 'round,
He'd vanished like the breeze, they forgot him in the little town.
But all the girls still dreamed about him.
And hung around the cabaret until the doors were locked.
And then one day on the Hit Parade,
Was a little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box.

And he would play: [Instrumental]

Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits

Nov 2001

1. I Walk the Line
2. Big River
3. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
4. I Got Stripes
5. Five Feet High and Rising
6. Tennessee Flat
7. Bonanza
8. Ring of Fire
9. Understand Your Man
10. It Ain't Me Babe
11. Orange Blossom Special
12. One on the Right Is on the Left
13. Riders in the Sky
14. Jackson
15. Boy Named Sue
16. Daddy Sang Bass
17. If I Were a Carpenter
18. What Is Truth
19. Flesh and Blood
20. Wanted Man
21. Man in Black
22. Thing Called Love
23. Kate
24. One Piece at a Time
25. Highway Patrolman
26. Johnny 99