Heartsong

(Dolly Parton)



Chorus:

A heartsong melody plays like a symphony

The sweetest music I have ever known

A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing

A bittersweet refrain of my Smoky Mountain home, heartsong.



Farmer's daughter if you will and I often wonder still

In memories where I rambled as a child

Makes me cry and makes me laugh, my reflections on the past

And the family, friends, and faith that shaped my life.



Ragged clothes and hand-me-downs just enough to go around

But the sweetest things in life are always free

Like the songs the birds would sing and the sweet new grass of spring

And the sacred blossoms on the dogwood tree.



Chorus:

A heartsong melody plays like a symphony

The sweetest music I have ever known

A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing

A bittersweet refrain of my Smoky Mountain home, heartsong.



And I recall the thrill and joy of a Smoky Mountain boy

I remember my first kiss and my first love

And the songs I'd song and write and the dreams I'd clutch so tight

And the loved ones that gave me that extra shove.



And in that little house 'a prayer where I spent many hour

Praisin' God and liftin' up His name

And asking Him to lead and to keep watch over me

As I headed up that rocky road to fame.



And now this, Smoky Mountain girl has been all around the world

But it makes no difference just how far I roam

I still cling to that part that is so dear to my heart

My faith in God and memories of home .



Chorus:

A heartsong melody plays like a symphony

The sweetest music I have ever known

A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing

A bittersweet refrain of my Smoky Mountain home, heartsong...