TVA (Live at Flicker Bar - Athens, GA - June 20th, 2002)

[Intro]

(Good God, man)

Woo (Let's do it), Jason (Worst band ever)

(Who's Jason?)

Huh? Yeah, exactly

G-A, whatever—

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Rock 'n' Roll Point, [?]

Ladies and gentlemen, on one side, Jason Isbell, haha

[?] (Yeah)

([?] ignorant sluts)

[Verse 1]

I grew up two hours north of Birmingham

Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam

Well, he told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant

When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now daddy can't

[Chorus]

But I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

When me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray

Thank God for TVA

[Verse 2]

When I was fifteen, me and my girl sat out on the lock

Watchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on the rocks

She let me put my hand up under her shirt

And I needed her to want me so bad it hurt

[Chorus]

So I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

When me and my baby used to lay 'round and wait on the day

Thank God for the TVA

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

My granddaddy told me when he was just seven or so

His daddy lost work, they didn't have a row left to hoe

Not too much to eat for seven nearly-grown boys and three ugly girls

All livin' out of a tent, bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

So my great grandma sat down, wrote a letter to FDR

She gave it two full days, sent his county men out in a car

They're all out in the field, told my grandpa to put down the plow

He helped build the dam, gave power to most of the south

[Chorus]

So I thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA

When Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay

Thank God for the TVA

Thank God for the TVA