[Verse 1]
Well, just before the sunrise in the morning
I'll be on the highway headed home
Home is just a little bit east of Nashville
Where the Tennessee River winds along

[Chorus]
I'm a-gonna hear the roosters crowing "Sourwood Mountains"
I've got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'll trade these traveling blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sun shining, you, loving you

[Verse 2]
I worked in the Texas sand, a-picking cotton
And I tried rodeoing last fall
I worked in a Caterpillar factory in Peoria, Illinois
And traveled Canada east of Montreal

[Chorus]
I'm a-gonna hear the roosters crowing "Sourwood Mountains"
I've got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'll trade these traveling blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sun shining, you, loving you

[Verse 3]
Wonder if the folks back home will know me
Since they've saw me, I've lost 30 pounds
I sure have missed my mama's country cooking
And the Sunday singing's better on the ground
[Chorus]
I'm a-gonna hear the roosters crowing "Sourwood Mountains"
I've got that homesick feeling in my bones
I'll trade these traveling blues for some Tennessee sunshine
Tennessee sun shining, you, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you
Tennessee sunshine, loving you