Deep Summer in the Deep South

Andalusia, Alabama

In the August heat

Hot enough to fry an egg on the cobblestones

It's too hot to put your clothes on

It's too hot to eat

Mama says you're just all skin and lazy bones

All day long a Coca-Cola

Is all you can think of

Late at night, your body gets so

Thirsty for his love, it's just

Deep summer

In the Deep South

All that constant perspiration

Always makes a body pout

Drippin' sweet nothings

From your honeysuckle mouth

Now you're drowning in deep summer

In the Deep South

You go knockin' on his window

When the moon is full

Then you slip down to the river for a skinny dip

Ain't no tellin' what can happen

When push comes to pull

And your heart starts melting in the summer's grip

Ain't no way you can describe it

How he makes you feel

It's like the river took you in its arms

And swept you to Mobile, it's just

Deep summer

In the Deep South

All that constant perspiration

Always makes a body pout

Drippin' sweet nothings

From your honeysuckle mouth

And you're drowning in deep summer

In the Deep South

Don't know how you're gonna stand it

How much your heart aches

All that you can do is hold on 'til that

Scarlet fever breaks, it's just

Deep summer

In the Deep South