Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Tennessee Plates , by - Charlie Sexton. Release date: 31.12.1990
Song language: English
Tennessee Plates |
| I woke up in a hotel and I didnt know what to do |
| I turned the tv on and wrote a letter to you |
| The news was talkin bout a dragnet up on the interstate |
| Said they were lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates |
| Since I left california baby, things have gotten worse |
| Seems the land of opportunity for me is just a curse |
| Tell that judge in bakersfield that my trial will have to wait |
| Down here theyre lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates |
| It was somewhere in nevada, it was cold outside |
| She was shiverin in the dark, so I offered her a ride |
| Three bank jobs later, four cars hot wired |
| We crossed the mississippi like an oil slick fire |
| If theyd known what we was up to they wouldnt a let us in When we landed in memphis like original sin |
| Up elvis presley boulevard to the graceland gates |
| See we were lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates |
| Well, there must have been a dozen of them parked in that garage |
| And there wasnt one lincoln and there wasnt one dodge |
| And there wasnt one japanese model or make |
| Just pretty, pretty cadillacs with tennessee plates |
| She saw him singing once when she was seventeen |
| And ever since that day shes been living in between |
| I was never king of nothin but this wild weekend |
| Anyway he wouldnt care, hell he gave them to his friends |
| Well this aint no hotel Im writin you from |
| Its the tennessee prison up at brushy mountain |
| Where yours sincerelys doin five to eight |
| Stampin out my time makin tennessee plates |