THE BRAND NEW TENNESSEE WALTZ
(Jesse Winchester)

Ralph Stanley

Also recorded by:

Joan Baez; Blueridge; Dry Branch Fire Squad; 
Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band;
The Everly Brothers; Ronnie Hawkins;
John Henry Kurtz; Ian Matthews; 
The Nashville Bluegrass Band; Norris;
Patti Page; Pure Prairie League; Jim Rooney;
Sweethearts of the Rodeo; The Walker Brothers;
Jesse Winchester.



Oh you have such a pretty face
You favor a girl I once knew
I imagine that she's in Tennessee
Oh Lord I should be there too.

But I left Tennessee in a hurry dear
The same way that I'm leaving you
For love is mainly just memories
And everyone's got them but few.

It's a brand new Tennessee waltz
You're literally just waltzing on air
It's a brand new Tennessee waltz
With no telling who will be there

When I leave it'll be like I found you love
Descending victorian stairs
I'm feeling like one of your photographs
With not even you left to care.

Have all your passionate violins play
A tune for a Tennessee kid
Who's feeling like leaving another town
With no place to go if he did.