Took a mason jar of Ozark shine

Up the Smoky Mountainside

Left that jar in Tennessee

It rolled downhill, it followed me

And everywhere that I have been

That jelly jar has been my friend

Gone across the ocean and back again

Got the center of the world in the middle of my hand

Got the center of the world, center of the world

I was born a sinner at the center of the world

If I get rowdy or seem untoward

I was born to shine at the center of the world

Born to shine at the center of the world

My granddaddy died for this land

He might have killed a hundred men

Nobody asks, nobody says

If we′re better off this way

And my old mom and my old pap

Have an old place by the railroad track

Sit right there waiting for the Lord

In a little glass jar at the center of the world

At the center of the world, center of the world

I was born a sinner at the center of the world

If I get rowdy or seem untoward

I was born to shine at the center of the world

Born to shine at the center of the world

So settle while, sit by the fire

Take a few pulls from the mason jar

Can't you feel the world spinning faster, higher?

Wherever you′ve gone, buddy, there you are

As comets fly and old dogs bark

Dance your left feet in the dark

Say it raw, lay it bare

Take communion everywhere

At the center of the world, center of the world

I was born a sinner at the center of the world

If I get rowdy or seem untoward

I was born to shine at the center of the world

Born to shine at the center of the world

Took a mason jar of Ozark shine

Up the Smoky Mountainside

Left that jar in Tennessee

It rolled downhill, it followed me