My good friend Jack Ray, who hails from Sydney, Australia, had a thing or two to say in response to my song "Southern Lover"!
lyrics
Southern Lover,
No other is quite so fine.
He's smooth as bourbon, fresh as magnolias, and fun as a second line.
My stars, how he shows me such hospitality!
No praline, peach, or pecan pie is half as sweet as he.
I'll bet you, honey, greenback money that I will fall
Every time he speaks my name with that low, lazy drawl.
How I pine for Southern climes, and everything he's got below the Mason-Dixon line...
Southern Lover,
No other is quite so fine!
Well hey there, honey,
I'll take that money that I'm just as fine.
Don't know about "Mason", but Down Under is quite a time!
You'll see stars when the loving's dinky-di
'Cause no candy peach can compete with a good ol' meat pie!
So, my sweet sheila, take a taste of this Aussie love
And you'll be singing praises to the Southern Cross above.
You'll drip in sunshine, toes curled - Down Under is your best time.
So hey there, honey,
I'll take that money that I'm just as fine!
credits
from All's Fair in Love and Jazz,
released February 25, 2018
Written by Jen Hodge (2016); additional lyrics by Jack Ray (2017).
Arranged by the Jen Hodge All Stars.
Personnel: Chris Davis, trumpet; Connor Stewart, tenor saxophone; Josh Roberts, guitar; Martí Elias, drums; Jen Hodge, bass & vocals; Jack Ray, vocals.
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