Headed back down south
Gonna see my daddy's mistress
Gonna buy back her forgiveness
Pay off every witnessOne more time down south
And sell the family headstones
And drag a bag of dry bones
And make good on my back loansSo if I come to your door
Let me sleep on your floor
I'll give you all I have
And a little moreSleep late down south
Look up my former mentors
Live off Yankee winters
Be a landlord and a renterCreate myself down south
Impress all the women
Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens
Wear seersucker and white linensSo if I come to your door
Let me sleep on your floor
I'll give you all I have
And a little moreSpanish moss down south
Find the heroes of my childhood
Who now can do me no good
Carve their names in dogwoodChase a ghost down south
Spirits cross the dead fields
Mosquitoes hit the windshield
All documents remain sealedSo if I come to your door
Let me sleep on your floor
I'll give you all I have
And a little moreI'll give you all I have
And a little more