Tennessee Rain

Fire cracklin' in the hearth, castin' shadows on the wall

Tennessee whiskey warm in hand, watchin' autumn leaves fall

Rain on the tin roof, a steady, mournful beat

Every drop a memory, bittersweet and incomplete

Lightning splits the sky in two, thunder rumbles down the lane

Each flash a glimpse of what we had, each boom a whisper of her name

The rain keeps fallin, cleansin' the world outside

But the memories linger on, a fire this whiskey can't hide

We built dreams like these log walls, sturdy and meant to last

But the wind of change howled through the cracks, our promises turned to dust