Iris DeMent - Sing the Delta lyrics

So you're heading down a southern way Pa**ing through the delta some time today In my mind pictures line the walls Of a place I used to know and vividly recall I love you so much and you sure sing good It would mean so much to me if you would Sing the Delta a love song for me It's the land where the cotton used to grow That owns a piece of my heart and soul It's where my people on both sides going back Eked out a livin' farmin' and fillin' cotton sacks Dad took us west when I was a little child But it's in my blood, flowing strong and wild Sing the Delta a love song for me Sing the Delta a love song for me Lay it down on that river, Let it roll on out to sea The Delta lived in my mama's voice and in her hands It's a language my spirit understands Sing the Delta a love song for me You give it all just the way your daddy does You both got your demons but they're cloaked in love And I know that life's puttin' your callin' to the test But you've got something that sets you right up 'long side the very best So take that heart good as heaven every made And that voice that lays like August in the shade And sing the Delta a love song for me Sing the Delta a love song for me Let it rock that old cradle and roll on out to sea I've been east, I've been west and north From that sweetness I just can't ever divorce Sing the Delta a love song for me