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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Got a room in Raleigh
And a shirt full of road dust
One more day on this job
Then I’m headed back home
Your picture’s in my billfold
By the check at the diner
I keep staring at Tennessee
Like it’s calling my name
[Pre-Chorus]
These miles keep stretching
Like they know what I’m feeling
Every town looks colder
When you’re not in my arms
[Chorus]
Tar Heel blues
They got me missing you
Tar Heel blues
Girl, I’m breaking in two
I want Tennessee
And your hands on me
Tar Heel blues
I can’t get to you
[Verse 2]
The highway rolled in early
Past the pines and the red clay
I watched the sunset sink down
On a Cumberland dream
The motel fan’s still turning
But it don’t make me cooler
It just leaves me listening
For your voice in my sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
These miles keep stretching
Like they know what I’m feeling
Every town looks colder
When you’re not in my arms
[Chorus]
Tar Heel blues
They got me missing you
Tar Heel blues
Girl, I’m breaking in two
I want Tennessee
And your hands on me
Tar Heel blues
I can’t get to you
[Bridge]
If I had one wish
It’d be a fast back road
A tank full of love
And a straight shot home
I’d leave this lonely work shirt
On the floor by the door
Then hold you so tight
Like I never let go
[Chorus]
Tar Heel blues
They got me missing you
Tar Heel blues
Girl, I’m breaking in two
I want Tennessee
And your hands on me
Tar Heel blues
I can’t get to you
[Outro]
Tar Heel blues
(oh, Tar Heel blues)
One more night, then I’m through
(then I’m through)
Tar Heel blues
I’m coming back to you
Details
GeneratedJun 22, 2026
Duration4:59
LanguageEnglish
Style
80s country with twin fiddles and crying steel guitar, medium-slow two-step sway; verse rides sparse acoustic, bass, and brushed drums, pre-chorus lifts with fiddle answers and pedal steel bends, chorus opens wide with stacked harmony and a bigger snare backbeat. Male vocals with a close-mic lead, a little grit on the highs, doubled hook lines and soft "ooh" fills. Ear candy: fiddle pickup licks into each chorus, steel-guitar swoops between lines, and a final turnaround with a short fiddle tag. Warm, radio-ready, sentimental mix., country, male vocals, blues
Credits
Prompt by
ChazzTheSpazz
ChazzTheSpazzModelAria v5.5
Prompt
Title ‘Tar Heel Blues’
80s style country, twin fiddles, steel guitar, male vocals.
A husband on a work trip in North Carolina misses his wife back in Tennessee. His heart yearns to be with her.
