Got The South In My Soul

When the dark night starts fallin'

And the moon starts to roam

What is this thing that keeps callin'?

It's the south in my soul!

How I long for that delta

It's my home, it's my goal!

Oughta be safe in its shelter

Got the south in my soul!

Too long I've lingered in the darkness

No matter what I won;

I wanna say goodbye to darkness

Spend all my days in the sun!

Let me laugh there on that levee

And let me burn black as coal!

I know my heart won't be so heavy

With the south, south in my soul!