Lady Antebellum Songs - Down South Lyrics

Lady Antebellum - Down South

Lady Antebellum - Down South Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: 747
Released: 2014

Down South Lyrics

I was born, I was blessed
Right place, right time, I guess
Ain't no good reason why I left
Except to run and roam

Would you take me back and take me in
Let me be your child again?
Kiss my cheek, forgive my sins
And let me call you home?

Oh, I may stay here for awhile

If I'm gonna fly, gonna fly Down South
If I'm gonna drive, I'm gonna find a small town
South is where my momma lives
Where my lil piece of heaven is
If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream your face
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go to that place
And figure out what I lost and found down south

Religion and me don't always agree
But I sure love my maker
Sounds just like a gospel song
When I sing my lil prayer

Got rocks in my shoes, holes in my soul
I'm covered in dirt from head to toe
From walking along this winding road
That brought me back to here

Oh, I may stay here for awhile

If I'm gonna fly, gonna fly down south
If I'm gonna drive, I'm gonna find a small town
South is where my momma lives
Where my lil piece of heaven is
If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream your face
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go to that place
And figure out what I lost and found down south

Oooooh oh oh oh, nananana
Oooooh oh oh oh, nananana
Oh, I may stay here for awhile

If I'm gonna fly, gonna fly down south
If I'm gonna drive, I'm gonna find a small town
South is where my momma lives
Where my lil piece of heaven is
If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream your face
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go to that place
And figure out what I lost and found down south

Down south

Oooooh oh oh oh, nananana
Oooooh oh oh oh, nananana

Down south, born and raised
Down south where I learned to pray
Down south is where I'll stay
Down south

Down south, born and raised
Down south where I learned to pray
Down south is where I'll stay
Down south

Writer/s: THOMSON, DAVID / CHAPMAN, STEPHANIE / RADA, CHRISTIAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Down South Song Chart

The song's demo was fortuitously found at the bottom of a pile when Lady Antebellum were picking tracks for their 747 album. "I fell in love with the song, and the track, and the guitars and the vocals, and the message," Dave Haywood recalled to The Boot .

The Lady A trio were initially unaware that the co-writer and demo singer was one Stephanie Chapman, who happens to be the wife of 747 producer, Nathan Chapman. "We gave it a lot more energy than what the demo had," Charles Kelley said of their version. "The demo was a lot more 'American Honey,' and we gave it a little bit more of a rawness and an edge to it. It's not just about down south. It's about yearning for home, yearning for that familiarity of what you're used to and what you grew up with."