Pruning Shears (J. Fisher)

I'm pulling out my pruning shears before I hit the road
I'm trimming back the old growth of the bitter seeds I've sown
I'm heading down to New Orleans where the Mississippi flows
I'm pulling out my pruning shears, gonna lighten up my load

I did my time in Georgia 'til it got the best of me
Then Jerry and the boys all said, "Head back to Tennessee."
Now I've bundled up my baggage, gonna leave it in the dust
Them Nashville Cats won't slow me down, I'm shaking off my rust

I'm pulling out my pruning shears before I hit the road
I'm trimming back the old growth of the bitter seeds I've sown
I'm heading down to New Orleans where the Mississippi flows
I'm pulling out my pruning shears, gonna lighten up my load

My friends in Carolina are the best I ever found
But the weeds grow thick and heavy in gossip's fertile ground
Now I'm tending to my garden much better on my own
I'm leaving for the promised land where the grass ain't overgrown

I'm pulling out my pruning shears before I hit the road
I'm trimming back the old growth of the bitter seeds I've sown
I'm heading down to New Orleans where the Mississippi flows
I'm pulling out my pruning shears, gonna lighten up my load

Most folks say that the only way 
We can make a proper kind of life
Is to throw down roots and to settle down 
With a house, two kids, and a proper loving wife

I'm pulling out my pruning shears before I hit the road
I'm trimming back the old growth of the bitter seeds I've sown
I'm heading down to New Orleans where the Mississippi flows
I'm pulling out my pruning shears, gonna lighten up my load

I'm pulling out my pruning shears, gonna lighen up my load  


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