Song For The South

(album: Young, Guitar Days - 2001)

Baby's living on from hand to mouth
She's roaming all alone in the deep, dark South
Her eyes are tired
An' she's been living with a brain full of sunset fire too long
Babe, I wanna send this song to you
I'm hoping what I feel will ring on through
I've seen the stars
An' I can see 'em in a dream of where you are right now

Yes and time's gonna take me back
Yes and time's gonna take me back
Yes and time's gonna take me back to you

Baby's got the only love I trust
She's standing in the rainy rust an' dust
She's straight with me
Baby's got my wild nighttime sea laid down
Babe, I wanna get your hand in mine
Let my little song be a screaming sign
You are the one
An' I'll be hanging on to the things we done... meanwhile

This city here kicks an' rumbles
Way on past the midnight hour
There ain't nowhere to walk or run to get away
The world and the work's before me
I'm caught in the plans I made up
I don't know when, but I'll be back to you someday

Baby's waking up in the delta sun
She's waking up to blues an' she's on the run
That land is old
An' it's haunted by a ghost in the chains of gold... blood chains
Babe, I wanna cool you down for free
I wanna do for you what you done for me
Your eyes are tired
An' you've been living with a brain full of sunset fire too long

Yes and time's gonna take me back
Yes and time's gonna take me back
Yes and time's gonna take me back to you