Am      
On a dusty road in east Tennessee
                    Dm                                            Am
Things ain't simple like you'd think they might be

It ain't just crickets and homemade ice-cream
            Dm
And Granny's gone on for her mojo bone
Am
And one of your daddies spits through the front porch screen

Am
But I will love you gentle
Dm               Am
No strings attached

And I will love you gentle
Dm                Am
Anything you ask

And I will love you gentle
Dm                        Am
And I will set you free

You're the Earth, the Sea, the Sky, my love
          Dm                 Am
You're barely seventeen.


-Instrumental-

You got the beware eyes of one wh's blessed

With some secret knowledge of our bullshit past

They made you bend but you would not break.


You got something no woman, man, nor child alive will ever take

But I will love you gentel

No strings attached

And I will love you gentel

Anything you ask

And I will love you gentel

And I will set you free

You're the Earth, the Sea, the Sky, my love

You're barely seventeen.