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