Sunday In The South (Album Version)

Mill worker houses lined up in a row
Another southern Sunday morning blow
Beneath the steeple all the people have begun
Shakin' hands with the man who grips the gospel gun
While the quiet prayer, the smell of dinner on the ground
Fills up the morning air, ain't nothin' sweeter around
I can almost hear my mama pray
"Oh, Lord, forgive us when we doubt"
Another sacred Sunday in the south
A ragged rebel flag flies high above it all
Popping in the wind like an angry cannon ball
Now the holes of history are cold and still
But they smell the powder burnin' and they probably always will
And on the old town square under the barber shop pole
They sat me up in the chair when I was four years old
I can almost hear my papa saying
"Won't you hold still son, stop squirmn' around
Another sacred Sunday's coming down"
I can almost hear the old folks say
"You'll make it big one day, you'll leave this town"
Some other lazy Sunday, you'll come back around
I can feel the evening sun go down
And all the lights in the houses, one by one go out
Softly in the distance nothing stirs about
And the night is filled with the sound of a whippoorwill
On a Sunday in the south, alright
Just another Sunday
Just another Sunday in the south
(Ooh) oh, another sacred Sunday in the south
Ooh, just another Sunday
How I missed those old sweet Sundays in the south
Ooh, another sacred Sunday
I can hear my mama calling in the south, alright
Ooh, just another Sunday
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