"Sing The Delta" lyrics - IRIS DEMENT

So you're headed down a Southern way
Passing thru the Delta some time today?
In my mind, pictures line the walls
Of a place I used to know, and vividly recall
I love you so much, and you sure sing good
And it would mean so much to me, if you would
Sing the Delta a love song for me!
It's the land where the cotton used to grow
That owns a piece of my heart and soul
It's where my people, on both sides, going back
Eked-out a living farming and filling them old cotton sacks
Dad took us West when I was a little child
But it's in my blood, and it's still flowing strong and wild
Sing the Delta a love song for me!

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Sing the Delta a love song for me!
Lay it down on that ole river, let it roll on out to the sea!
The Delta lived in my Momma's voice and in her hands
It's a language my spirit understands, so
Sing the Delta a love song for me?

You give it all just the way your Daddy does
You both got your demons, but they're cloaked in love
And I know that life's putting your calling to the test
But you've got something that sets you right up 'long side the very best
So take that heart, good as Heaven ever made
And that voice that lays like August in the shade
And sing the Delta a love song for me!

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