Sweeter Than Tupelo Honey Lyrics[Verse 1]
Well, I remember mama's biscuits
Baking in her iron skillet
And the smell of Daddy's old tobacco barn
Cutting cane to earn a dollar
Running coon dogs through the holler
With the hickory wind following along
Hanging out late on the weekend
Picking bluegrass with my old friends
Singing songs about how mountain girls can love
Sunday mornings, tent revivals
Wear my white shirt and read my Bible
Now that's the life I'm dreaming of
[Chorus]
And it's a doggone shame today
It's fading fast away
That country kind of life I dearly love
And my rural way of raising
Are the memories I'm tasting
Sweeter than Tupelo honey on my tongue
[Verse 2]
Well, I rеmember mama praying
When I told hеr I ain't staying
I thought better things were waiting down the road
But all I found were broken dreams
Things weren't always like they seem
Sometimes a boy's gotta make it on his own
Now this job and city living
Turned sour as persimmons
Pretty soon I will be back where I belong
And when I turn on to that old road
Tap the fence post to my old home
That's when I know I should have stayed there all along
[Chorus]
And it's a doggone shame today
It's fading fast away
That country kind of life I dearly love
And my rural way of raising
Are the memories I'm tasting
Sweeter than Tupelo honey on my tongue
Sweeter than Tupelo honey on my tongue