through 24 valleys and 24 hills
for 24 thousand years it has spilled and
danced in pools and shallow rills
now with gasping breath lies still
on the plains of tellico
where the waters of the tennessee flow
and it holds them like a vase of souls
on the plains of tellico
well the indians lost and they headed west
homesteaders came and plowed over the rest
neither could they stand the test
of a government request
on the plains of tellico
where the waters of the tennessee flow
and it holds them like a vase of souls
on the plains of tellico
on the way to the ohio
now the blood and the tears and the plow's left behind
we all turn and yield to a happier time
now it seems we've come to find
sequoyah's name on a cul‐du‐sac sign
on the plains of tellico
where the waters of the tennessee flow
and it holds them like a vase of souls
on the plains of tellico
on the way to the ohio
on the plains of tellico
on the way to the ohio

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