Aaron Neville - Sweet Amelia lyrics

(aaron neville, gordon chambers, robbie nevil, bradley spalter) Oh amelia, oh amelia A southern woman, a southern woman Never had a chance to say goodbye I met her back in sixty-three, she was such a mystery She was there on barron street, down in new orleans So wild, but yet so tame, she could calm a hurricane She was only seventeen and amelia was her name Oh when i took her for a ride, she got close by my side And when i looked into her eye, amelia kept me hypnotized But in my heart she fell, oh i got pulled into her spell I can still see her there, with the flowers in her hair Oh amelia, my southern woman, oh my woman I can still feel you, feel you, feel you, everytime i close my eyes Sweet amelia, sweet amelia Where did you run to We never had a chance to say goodbye Never heard her say goodbye I remember making love underneath the stars above I can feel the summer breeze up in magnolia trees That night in the southern light, the girl she took me by the hand I was weak as a little lamb, but i became a man Love was pumping through my veins, her lips were sweet like sugarcane We rode all night in the rain, 'cross lake poncetrain She had a heart as fine as fire, burning innocent desire I can still see her there, with flowers in her hair Oh amelia, oh amelia A southern woman, a southern woman I can still feel you, everytime i close my eyes Sweet amelia, sweet amelia Where did you run to, where'd you run to We never had a chance to say goodbye Never want to say goodbye Just like a shooting star, she vanished in the night But i'll always remember her lips so warm and tender And in my heart she'll always shine so bright Sweet amelia, if i could just see her one more time Oh amelia, my southern woman A southern woman, I can still feel you, oh i can feel you, everytime i close my eyes, close my eyes Sweet amelia, sweet amelia Where did you run to We never had a chance to say goodbye (never, never, never, never never say goodbye) Oh amelia, oh amelia A southern woman, a southern woman I can still feel you, everytime i close my eyes Sweet amelia, sweet amelia Where did you run to We never had a chance to say goodbye Oh amelia, a southern woman, A southern woman I can still feel you, everytime i close my eyes, from the bottom of my heart Sweet amelia, sweet amelia, Where did you run to Where did you run to We never had a chance to say goodbye