Down in Nashville, Tennessee (oh yeah)
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There's a sight you oughta see (oh yeah)
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But as long as you can't get down there
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I'll tell you all, so listen to me
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There's a girl named Tessie Town (oh yeah)
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And she weighs about four hundred pounds (oh yeah)
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She's fat and fair, but she don't care
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'Cause the boys all hang around
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They call her Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee
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Holds ten sweeties up on her knee
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When she does, all the fun begins
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When they play tennis on her double-chin
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They all answer to her demands
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And bring her tires for wedding bands
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Well, I just got a little inside tip
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They promised her a nightclub on her hip
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Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee
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(She's from Tennessee)
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(Every time she struts around) Uh-huh
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(She puts on an extra pound) Is that right?
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(But it doesn't seem to worry her)
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(The weight is making Tessie reknowned)
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(Is a-trying to reduce)
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(And she's got a good excuse)
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(Fat and fair, but she don't care)
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('Cause the boys all hang around)
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(They call her) Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee
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Goes in swimming up to her knee
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Once she went in to her neck
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The tide rose up and made the town a wreck
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She was hit on the railroad track
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Engines hit her and bounced right back
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Her appendix had to come out fast
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They couldn't operate, so they had to blast
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On Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee
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(She's from Tennessee)
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On a streetcar I heard 'em say
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Six men gave her a seat one day
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All the baseball players have stopped their gym
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They run around Tessie just to stay in trim
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Two ton Tessie from Knoxville, I mean a-Memphis
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Oh-ah, Nashville, Tennessee
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(She's from Tennessee)
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A-that's right!
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Two Ton Tessie
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| Ray Charles |
