I was inspired to write this song after a 2-week tour in the sunny Southern United States in January 2016. Bartender Luke Tynan invented the Southern Lover cocktail inspired by this tune, which was a bestseller at Guilt & Company (the bar I play at every Wednesday in Vancouver) while he worked there.
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!
credits
from All's Fair in Love and Jazz,
released February 25, 2018
Written by Jen Hodge (2016).
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.
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