Southern Dust Blues

[Verse]
Red clay roads cut through the trees
Mosquitoes buzzin' in the southern breeze
Sweat on my brow
Can't catch a break
Life down here’s like a rusty rake

[Chorus]
Southern dust
It clings to my soul
Hot days burn
Nights take their toll
We keep on movin'
We pay our dues
Life’s a slow dance in these southern blues

[Verse 2]
Cicadas sing while the world stands still
Front porch sittin'
Hear that whippoorwill
Mama’s voice hums through the kitchen air
Cornbread bakin'
Love everywhere

[Prechorus]
But the river runs wild
And the storms roll in
This life is hard
But it’s where I begin

[Chorus]
Southern dust
It clings to my soul
Hot days burn
Nights take their toll
We keep on movin'
We pay our dues
Life’s a slow dance in these southern blues

[Bridge]
The fiddle cries like a midnight train
Spoons keep rhythm in the falling rain
Harmonica wails
The heartache’s real
This is the south
Where the scars don’t heal