Yeah, the doctors don't know, but New York was killing me
Bunch of doctors coming 'round, they don't know that New York is killing me
Yeah, well, I need to go home and take it slow down in Jackson, Tennessee

Let me tell you, city ain't living all it is cracked up to be
Fast city living ain't all it's cracked up to be
Yes, seem I need to go home and slow down in Jackson, Tennessee

Yes, I lay down, I lay down, the doctor, "Try to take it all in"
Yeah, lay down, lay down to try to take it all in (Take it all in)
Yeah, they got eight million people and I didn't have a single friend
Don't you know, don't you know, New York was killing me
Yes, I was standing nearly dying here, New York was killing me
Seems like I need to start over and move back home in Jackson, Tennessee

Lord, have mercy, mercy on me
Yeah, Lord, have mercy, have mercy on me
Tell Him to bury my body back home in Jackson, Tennessee
Yeah, Lord, have mercy, have mercy on me

Yeah, I need to be back home, need to be back home
Need to be back home, need to be back home, yeah
Born in Chicago, but I go home Tennessee
Yeah, born in Chicago, but I