Steve Forbert Song For The South lyrics

VERSE

Baby`s livin` on from hand to mouth

She`s roamin` all alone in the deep, dark South

Her eyes are tired

An` she`s been livin` with a brain full of sunset fire too long

Babe, I wanna send this song to you

I`m hopin` 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



CHORUS

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



VERSE

Baby`s got the only love I trust

She`s standin` 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 screamin` sign

You are the one

An` I`ll be hangin` on to the things we done . . . meanwhile



BRIDGE

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



(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK)



VERSE

Baby`s wakin` up in the delta sun

She`s wakin` 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 livin` with a brain full of sunset fire too long



(REPEAT CHORUS)



Steve Forbert

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Rolling Tide Music (ASCAP)