I will see you in the morning   When the moonlight leaves the trees   But I will always feel the embers   Of the flames in Tennessee      I was sleeping when they came knocking   They said boy you better leave   Said South Nashville is rocking   And they can't get no relief      So I run and put my pants on   And I run to get my car   But the flames they was a rising   And I didn't get to far      There was a black man on the corner   He said boy just turn away   I got a gun here in my pocket   And I will take your life away      So I showed the man your picture   And I said we had a son   And I was just up here from Texas   I wasn't hurting anyone      So I run out to the highway   And I finally caught a ride   With some white trash outta towner   With his wife and kids inside      So I sit here on the roadside   And I talk to your machine   I can see the flames a rising   Over Nashville Tennessee      Well, don't go out looking on your TV   They gonna keep this all discreet   They will never tell the secrets   Of the flames in Tennessee      You know I hope she don't discover   That this all was all just a lie   But If I don't get home to see her   Then my heart will surely die      I will see you in the morning   When the moonlight leaves the trees   But I will always feel the embers   Of The flames in Tennessee   The night they burned down Nashville Tennessee