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

Gonna lay down, the doctor says "Try to take it all in"
Yes, I lay down, I lay down
You try to take it all in (take it all in)

Yeah, you 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 near and dying, and New York was killing me
Seems like I need to start over and go back home to Jackson, Tennessee

Lord have mercy, mercy on me
Yeah yeah, Lord have mercy, have mercy on me
Tell him to bury my body back home in Jackson, Tennessee
Yeah yeah, Lord have mercy, mercy on me
Yeah yeah, Lord have mercy, have mercy on me
Tell him to bury my body back home in Jackson, Tennessee
Yeah yeah, Lord
I need to be back home, need to be back home
Need to be back home, need to be back home yeah
I need to be back home, need to be back home
Need to be back home, need to be back home yeah
I need to be back home, need to be back home
Need to be back home, need to be back home yeah
I need to be back home, need to be back home
Need to be back home, need to be back home yeah

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