Live at The White Eagle Saloon in Portland, OR on July 27, 2009
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Tennessee State Line
(Davis)

In a small town Oregon, just off the coast
I saw a sign for a one man music show
The sign said 'songs of livin', a hard life on the road'
Something clicked inside me, and I knew I had to go

I sat out back and smoked while he played
And I listened to every word that he sang
I learned so much about him, but there was still so much to know
So as he packed up his guitar, I approached him really slow

I don't wanna drag you down or take up all your time
But if you can spare a minute, I got something on my mind

Are you glad that chose to be a gypsy
Are you thankful that you never took a wife
Do the children that you never had, haunt in you in your sleep
Are you fulfilled and satisfied?

He said "son, them there's tall questions
but if you keep that shot glass full I'll oblige"
So I kept the drinks a comin' and we sat there all night
And we shared a pack of cigarette's as he told me of his life

He said 'now I don't mind you callin' me a gypsy
but there was a time I almost took a wife
She was beautiful and I loved her true, but something just weren't right
you see that woman of mine was unhappy and she went and took her life

When I asked him how he finally made it through
He turned to me with teardops in his eyes
He said he just woke up one morning and he went out for a drive
and the hours turned to days, and the days into his life

'So I don't mind you callin' me a gypsy
I suppose the title fits me more than some
but I can tell by the questions your askin'
you're thinkin' of taken on a life, like the one that I've done

So here's some advice from this gypsy
I don't regret a single thing I've done
but I do regret the things that I haven't
You see I always wanted a daughter or a son

And you say you don't wanna drag me down or take up all my time
But you're the closest thing to a friend I've had since the Tennessee state line
you're closest thing to a friend I've had since the Tennessee state line

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