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