They say this last forever

That's just what I'm afraid of

I'll never dance like this again

She smiles like the georgia summer

She laughs with the sound of thunder

I wanna dance like this again.

I'm not the marrying kind

I've said it a thousand times

I've never danced like this before

She's got the prettiest shoes

And I love the way she moves

I wanna dance like this again.

I was free and far from home

I was young and on my own

I was blind as I could be

Thinking love was not for me

Till the night I met that girl named tennessee.

Lights came down and the room spun slow

Started saying she had to go

Don't go baby, I didn't get your name

She said, "don't worry. I did not say."

Oh, she danced away with my heart and soul

Who she was, I will never know

Danced away with my hopes and dreams

My sweet girl from tennessee.

I was free and far from home

I was young and on my own

I was blind as I could be

Thinking love was not for me

Till the night I met that girl named tennessee.