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Southern Girl

from Up For Air by John Egenes

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lyrics

You know the boys are watching you
but you don’t give a damn
you’re carryin’ their fortune on a string
your songs go down like whiskey
and the drunkards gather ‘round
don’t they love to hear you sing
don’t they love to hear you sing

A picture of a young girl
reminds you of the words
to an old song that your mother used to sing
and you cry sometimes when you hear it
when you try to sing along
it takes you right back to your sisters on the wing
right back to your sisters on the wing

Don’t do nothin you don’t want to
and don’t do nothin’ that I wouldn’t do
southern girl
you’re a southern girl

Empty rooms, empty halls
faded pictures on the walls
and you
you’re goin’ home

So you pack up all those sorrows
and you find a better way
and it’s a southern wind that carries you along
with a penny in your pocket
and a ticket in your hand
the price you paid is written in your song
the price you paid is written in your song

so don’t do nothin you don’t want to
and don’t do nothin’ that I wouldn’t do
southern girl
you’re a southern girl
yeah, southern girl

credits

from Up For Air, released February 1, 2009
Marcel Rodeka: drums
Rob Burns: bass
Mike Moroney: rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
Jane Clark: fiddle
John Egenes: lead guitar, mandolin, banjo

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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