[ Featuring Kieran Goss ]
One fine morning when the wild geese fly
I'm taking my chances on the sunny side
I'm headed down south where the grass grows tall
Where the mockingbirds singing and the whippoorwill call
Spanish moss on the Natchez Trace
Gulf wind blowing wide across my face
French girls dancing to a big bang drum
Back down south where I come from
Where the river flows like warm molasses
Rain fogs up my reading glasses
Honeysuckle strong enough to curl your hair
Back down there
One fine morning gonna pull up stakes
Gonna chalk it all up as just a bad mistake
Gonna hit the decks running, bid a fond farewell
By the time I get to Memphis I'll be out of my shell
Cotton fields just as white as snow
Sweet magnolia blossoms grow
Big moon shining like an ice cream cone
Back down south where I belong
Where the river flows like milk and honey
The nights are slow and the eggs are runny
I wouldn't mind sitting in a rocking chair
Back down there
Jewel of the south
Cross my heart, shut my mouth
Come the morning I'll be home
In the sweet delta dawn
One fine morning and it won't be long
I'm leaving out early with my glad rags on
Gonna pull a load of wool off of my own two eyes
And sharpen my senses counting railroad ties
When the mile long trestle makes a clickety-clack
The whole dang town is gonna welcome me back
A ticket to the land of the sugarcane
Back down on the Pontchartrain
Where the river flows like Grand Marnier
Sweet olive takes my breath away
Sunday morning walking on the Jackson Square
Back down there
Jewel of the south
Cross my heart, shut my mouth
Come the morning I'll be home
In the sweet delta dawn
