Jeff Lynne - Down South lyrics

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Jeff Lynne - Down South lyrics

[Verse 1] Headed back down south Gonna see my daddy's mistress Gonna buy back her forgiveness Pay off every witness One more time down south Sell the family headstones Drag a bag of dry bones Make good on my back loans [Chorus] So if i come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all i have And a little more [Verse 2] Sleep late down south Look up my former mentors Live off yankee winters Be a landlord and a renter Create myself down south Impress all the women Pretend i'm samuel clemens Wear seers**er and white linens [Chorus] [Verse 3] Spanish moss down south Spirits cross the dead fields Mosquitoes hit the windshield All document remain sealed [Chorus] [Outro] I'll give you all i have And a little more