They say this lasts forever That's just what I'm afraid of I'll never danced like this again She smiles like the Georgia summer She laughs like the sound of thunder I wanna dance like this again I'm not the marrying kind I've said it a thousand times But I've never danced like this before She's got the prettiest shoes And I love the way she moves I wanna dance like this again 'Cause I was free and far from home I was young and on my own I was blind as I could be Thinking love was not for me Till the night I met the girl named Tennessee Lights came down and the room spun slow Started saying she had to go Don't go baby, I didn't get your name She said: Don't worry. I did not say Oh she danced away with my heart and soul Who she was I will never know Danced away with my hopes and dreams My sweet girl from Tennessee I was free and far from home I was young and on my own I was blind as I could be Thinking love was not for me Till the night I met the girl named Tennessee