South

Three leagues down the soft side Of where you left my Gold rose crown, you broke down And left me with a Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Three weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskey Came back round, and drowned out And left me with a Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Streetlights talk the same way My mother told me I walk the same way my father told me Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Wise men talk the same way my mother told me I walk the same way my father told me Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south You go down south, south Streetlights talk the same way My mother told me (You go down south, south) I walk the same way my father told me (You go down south, south) Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier (You go down south, south) Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier (You go down south, south) Wise men talk the same way my mother told me (You go down south, south) I walk the same way my father told me (You go down south, south) Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier (You go down south, south) Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier (You go down south, south)