Southern Loving

(Jim Owen)



I've been loved in Cincinnati, Evansville and in St. Paul

All the gals were pretty and I ain't tryin' to find no fault

There's a gal in the Windy City I can't forget about

But if you want to love like you ain't had love go south, south, south.

Southern loving, take that southern loving every time.



There's a sweet thing in Augusta got the softest lips of all

When she kisses on you you just climb right up the wall

And there's a nurse I know in Memphis got love for a middle name

If she ever gets her hands on you it's shame, shame, shame.

Southern loving, take that southern loving every time.



Now everybody's heard about that southern hospitality

But that ain't why the sunny south has got a hold on me.



There's a teacher down in Dallas I ain't seen in quite some time

Just to think about her burns a hole right through my mind

And there's a gal in Bogalusa just can't love enough

I'll tell you about her with just three words she's tough, tough, tough.

Southern loving, take that southern loving every time.



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Now everybody's heard about that southern hospitality

But that ain't why the sunny south has got it's hold on me.



Southern loving, take that southern loving every time.

It's southern loving, take that southern loving every time...