left the place i love in nashville tennesee
the roots of my life home sweet home to me
i was only young at the age of seventeen
life it took me places i have never been

travelled here and there every different town
from the early morn till the sun went down
life was just a game i just i just played along
everything was fine then it all went wrong

times they got hard excitement it had gone
it was time for me time for moving on
back to my roots in memphis tennessee
place i was raised that means  much to me

back to all my friends and my family
back to my roots in memphis tennesee
to my home sweet home where i was before
in nashville tennesee to my roots once more