Helen "HP" Rivers

Rocky Top (Good Trouble Version) by HP Rivers, January 2026

I bet you wish you were on Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
We’ve got ancient trees in Rocky Top
We’ve got folk magic spells

Once there was a guy from Rocky Top
The lip full of boot leather kind
Got his ass kicked all down Rocky Top,
Reckon somethin’ changed his mind

Rocky Top, you’ll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol’ Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed ol’ Rocky Top
Comin’ for our neighbors’ still
Strangers ain’t come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Snow won’t stick at all on Rocky Top
We don’t like Nazis here
Fascists get the fuck off Rocky Top
And don’t come back now, ya hear?

Rocky Top, you’ll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol’ Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

I’ve had years of bullshit corporate life
Trapped like a priest in a sin
All I know is it’s a dadgum pity life
Can’t be simple again

Rocky Top, you’ll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol’ Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee