Robbins, Marty - Franklin, Tennessee Lyrics






Two years ago I left my home
Thought I'd make it big but all I've done is wrong
Planned some things that might impress the home folks
After two long years I'm still broke

Up and down the west coast I have been
From Dego to Seattle and then back here again
I'd like to get on board the bus and ride
I can't go back home, I still got my pride

Here I am in Frisco but my dreams keep takin' me
Back home to Franklin Tennessee

There's a place back there I kinda like
'Bout ten miles from Franklin out on Wilson-five
They don't know it but I've wrote and told them lies
I said I'd made it big but I'm just gettin' by

I recall when I left my home town
I remember how I kinda put 'em down
I even said the town was much too small for me
And I'd never make it big in Franklin Tennessee

Here I am in Frisco but my dreams keep takin' me
Back home to Franklin Tennessee
Back home to Franklin Tennessee





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  1. m.... ....

    Marty must have been fascinated by San Francisco. He mentions the city in this song and of course in the song "San Francisco Teardrops."
    Lo

  2. P.... H....

    Fantastic love marty great song thanks for the lovely post marty is the greatest singer ever

  3. w.... ....

    An Arizona guy singing about his love for a Tennessee town.

  4. J.... G....

    This is great! I didn’t know about it. Franklin is my hometown. Thank you!

  5. M.... H....

    Great tune

  6. I.... M....

    Great song from the greatest Country singer ever!!

  7. M.... G....

    One of my favorite non western Marty songs. I fell in love with Franklin when visiting it's sacred battlefields, and couldn't help hummimg this tune there.
    Jim of VIrginia

  8. W.... P....

    This is a GREAT song I heard it a few weeks ago....

  9. T.... ....

    One of the great song from Great Marty Robbins.
    Thank you So much for nice posting. An old Marty's big fan from Japan.
    Tadashi

  10. r.... ....

    I'm not absolutely sure when Marty's first record was released - but he was making records in 1952. So to describe 1972 as "early" Marty is stretching it a bit.