Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Tennessee Plates, artist - Joe Bonamassa. Date of issue: 21.03.2011
Song language: English
Tennessee Plates |
| I woke up in a hotel and I didn’t 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 they’re 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 they’d known what we was up to they wouldn’t '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 wasn’t one Lincoln and there wasn’t one Dodge |
| And there wasn’t 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 she’s been living in between |
| I was never king of nothin' but this wild weekend |
| Anyway he wouldn’t care, hell he gave them to his friends |
| Well this ain’t no hotel I’m writin' you from |
| It’s the Tennessee prison up at Brushy Mountain |
| Where yours sincerely’s doin' five to eight |
| Stampin' out my time makin' Tennessee plates |