From the bright sunny south to the war, I was sent, E'er the days of my boyhood, I scarcely had spent. From it's cool shady forests and deep flowing streams,
When the night time unfolds and the memories that you hold Bring a light to your eyes though you know it's disguise When the night turns to day you turn around and say
Meet me out past the cottonwoods where we ran as kids Straight out past the cemetery where the river turns to ditch This car I'm driving can't drive me fast enough