Heart of Dixie

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John Thomason

John William Thomason Jr. (28 February 1893 – 12 March 1944) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps, as well as an author and illustrator of several books and magazine stories. more »

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Driving down old highway 82
And the moonlight is pouring through
The pine trees
Or were they magnolia leaves?

I remember that look in your eye
Like the last puff of a cigarette burning out against a summer sky
It's been eight years gone, do I remember it right?
In the Heart of Dixie
In the heart of the night

Now I know love gets battered down
It can be jilted, hung up, or forced to drown
But we tried and we danced for awhile
Yet I can't recall if you even smiled

When I said Baby, I like the way you dress
Why don't you come over here, try just a little tenderness?
Weren't those the words I said when we first met?

Now the clothes are at the foot of the bed
I sit down at the breakfast spread
The communion wine, the broken bread
What were the words I said?
My mouth is dry, my friends have fled
I clutch my stupid, aching head
What were the words I said?
I think this is what I said:

I said Can I come home with you?
Can I come home with you?
We'll stay up all night and sleep in way past noon?
Can I come home with you?

Now I'm just unstuck in time
Which face gave me that look?
Which hand gave me that sign?
Was it you pulling me up from the depths?
Or did you just send back down with all your echoing footsteps?
Staggering drunk in the moonlight
In the Heart of Dixie
In the heart of the night

Last night I dreamed I saw General Lee
Getting off his horse, coming up and thanking me
But that's just a drunk reliving of a childhood fantasy

Cause every rebel's buried and dead
Cleaned up the breakfast spread
No clothes at the foot of the bed
What were the words I said?
Stable's open, horses fled
I clutch my stupid, aching head
The blood of all my lovers shed
What were the words I said?

I said Can I come home with you?
Can I come home with you?
We'll stay up all night and sleep in way past noon?
Can I come home with you?

In the Heart of Dixie
In the heart of the night
In the Heart of Dixie
In the heart, in the heat of the night

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