(Nanci Griffith - Maggie Graham)



Southern man, you sure are pretty,

Got a smile to still the city

And Lord, you know, you got those sleepy eyes

Alabama sweet-talking baby

Calmed the heart of a lonely lady

You kept me flying high

And the leaving easy

And it's Dallas in the rain

And I was dreaming.



October winds still blowing, Lord

You know the song were flowing

From a broken-hearted lady by the wayside

Listen to my song

You kept it ringing clean and strong

You held me like an angel to confide in

And I tried to make you home

But I was dreaming.



Lord, I guess you just ain't home

That damned old telephone

Is trying hard to help me find the lines here

Wish that you could understand

Why I love the other man

He gives me truth and reason,

I believe in.



Alabama soft-spoken blues again

Alabama soft-spoken blues again,

Early morning fog is rolling in,

Time for leaving.



Alabama soft-spoken blues.