Paul Burch - Meridian lyrics

[Verse 1] Let me tell you all about the place I'm from Where the police tip their hats while they're swingin' their clubs And the southern Mobile and Ohio cross lines You best mind where you're goin' Watch what ya say I'll visit your Ma, but I ain't gonna stay In Meridian, in Meridian Mmm [Verse 2] We've got creep joints and barbers And fine pool halls And here come the ladies in their parasols And the boys in uniform just honk from the front The girls sneak a puffed piggy and cigarettes When I'm a star, I'll buy them all so I have no regrets About Meridian, Meridian Mmm [Verse 3] You'd never know they're all playin' for keeps But they close their doors when I'm on the street Someday, they'll parade me around And like Sherman, I'll burn ‘em down to the ground Huh [Verse 4] If your daddy ain't working in a firm downtown And the Carnegie libraries are slowin' ya down You can work the railyards from birth to the [?] But I'm a long shot, mama, but my arrow's sound Watch it fly to Orion before it come back down In Meridian, in Meridian Mmm I'll tell ya, man [Verse 5] I got a hats, spats, and starched shirt And when you're inclined Put a little down now and a little more now and then In Meridian, in Meridian Mmm [Verse 6] I caught a show at the Opry by the alley door Black Patty says to ‘Retta, [?] And I wanted no car to my town anymore We rode on a Pullman down to New Orleans Laughin' how them cultured sons-a-b****** sure is mean In Meridian, in Meridian Mmm In Meridian, in Meridian Oooh