Southern Air

Southern Air, Southern Air

If you're flying down to Dixie

You won't find a cheaper fare

Southern Air, Southern Air

Yeah, we'll treat you like kinfolks

But you better have time to spare

Yeah, there I was

I'd just stepped on board flight number 78492100976 5432 827657

Flying nonstop from Hahira, Georgia to Yazoo City, Mississippi

Done bought me one of them triple ultra super saver center sleep tickets

Set down there between a duck and a Ledbetter

Fella tried to talk to me, couldn't understand a word he was sayin', sounded like a log truck

Duck didn't say nothin'

All of a sudden I hear this voice comin' in over the intracom

This here is Captain Jerry Clower, whoo!

I wanta welcome all y'all to Southern Air

We'll be ready for takeoff shortly, just as soon as they clear the runway

There was a gun rack in the cockpit

It beat all I'd ever seen

They had complimentary copies

Of Mechanics Magazine

We peeled rubber on the runway

Looking out my window screen

I saw an "eat more possum" bumper sticker

Stuck out on the wing

Southern Air, Southern Air

Flying high over Dixie

Going where no others dare

Southern Air, we're Southern Air

Yeah, we'll take you to your kinfolks

But you better have time to spare

Yeah, there I was

Must have been 500 feet over them pine trees

Duck had done fainted on takeoff

Had his little head layin' on my arm there, his little tongue just all hangin' out

We flew past Stone Mountain, crossed that Alabama state line

Got so close to Enterprise you could almost see that Boll Weevil wine

Then I heard this sharp ringin' in my ear

Howdy! My name is Miss Pearl and I'll be your stewardess for the duration of this flight

As you can see Captain Clower has turned off the No Chewin' sign

Now y'all feel free to kick your shoes off, get up, roam around, get to know your neighbors

Right now I just want to get to know this good-looking, handsome young hunk of man right cheer...

She served Nehis, Moon Pies

Bowls of butter beans

Gone with the Wind was skippin'

On that movie screen

While Marcelle, Claudelle, Raynell, Eunell

Clovis and Eugene

We're all taking turns at the churn

Turnin' out peach ice cream

Southern Air, we're Southern Air

Flying high over Dixie

Country comforts in the air

Southern Air, Southern Air

If you're dyin' to see your kinfolks

Well, you better have time to spare

Yeah, there I was

That Miss Pearl was givin' me more attention then she did that first class passenger

Kept showin' me all the new safety tips and playin' with my seatbelt

Got me so nervous I dropped my last piece of pecan pie right on that duck's head

That little feller come to and jumped up a-quacking and a-squallin', didn't know where he was

Started runnin' up and down the aisle, tripped over the ice cream freezer

Stepped in Marcelle's sweet potatoes and flew out the screen door and was gone!

Nothin' but feathers

Then I heard that voice again comin' in over the intracom...

I can see Yazoo City from here! Whoo!

Now don't y'all fret about that landin' none, I got up early this mornin'

And put on a brand new set of them big foot mud grippin' tires

Through rain or shine, we stayed behind

Lord it was quite a show

How that duck beat us to Yazoo

Well, I guess I'll never know

And that moony girl they called Miss Pearl

Just wouldn't let me go

While that Captain kept on talkin'

On his 2-way radio

Southern Air, Southern Air

Uncle Mercy! Can you get them cows off the runway?

Southern Air, Southern Air