TVA Songtext
von Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Thank you all so much for being so good to us
This time and every time
It′s always such a pleasure and an honor for us to come back to Birmingham
Get treated so well, it's so nice, thank y′all

I grew up two hours north of Birmingham
Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam
He told me stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant
When I got a little older, I wouldn't and now daddy can't

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 the TVA

When I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock
Watching the raccoons and terrapins dance on the rocks
She let me put my hand up under her shirt
I wanted her to want me so bad it hurt


So I thank God for the TVA
Thank God for the TVA
When me and my baby used to hide out and wait on the day
Thank God for the TVA

My granddaddy told me, when he was just seven or so
His daddy lost work and they didn′t have a row to hoe
Got a little to eat for nine boys and three girls
They all lived in a tent, bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

So his mama sat down, wrote a letter to FDR
And a couple days later some county men came in a car
They rode out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow
He helped build the dam that gave power to most of the South

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

Thank you