TVA - Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

I grew up two hours north of Birmingham

Me and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam

He told some stories Camaros and J.W.

Dant

When I got a little older I wouldn’t and now daddy can’t

So I thank God for the TVA

Thank god for the TVA

When me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray

Thank god for the TVA

When I was fifteen, me and my girl sat out on the lock

Watching the raccoons and terrapins dance on the rocks

She let me put my hand up under her shirt

I wanted her to want me so bad it hurt

So I thank God for the TVA

Thank god for the TVA

When me and my baby used to lay 'round and wait on the day

Thank god for the TVA

My granddaddy told me when he was just seven or so

His daddy lost work and they didn’t have a row to hoe

Not too much to eat for seven boys and three girls

All lived in a tent

Bunch of sharecroppers versus the world

So his mama sat down, wrote a letter to FDR

'En a couple days later, couple of county men came in a car

Rode out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow

He helped build the dam, gave power to most of the South

So I thank god for the TVA

Thank god for the TVA

When Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day’s pay

Thank god for the TVA