Headed back down south Gonna see my daddy's mistress Gonna buy back her forgiveness Pay off every witness One more time down south Sell the family headstones Drag a bag of dry bones Make good on my back loans
So if I come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all I have And a little more
Sleep late down south Look up my former mentors Live off Yankee winters Be a landlord and a renter Create myself down south Impress all the women Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens Wear seersucker and white linens
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Spanish moss down south Spirits cross the dead fields Mosquitoes hit the windshield All document remain sealed