The weather down in South Beach sure was good
That her heart was halfway back to Birmingham
So we hit the road like any dreamers would
We'd be lovers any way we could
Ain't but one way left to make it right
This ain't what she really wanted
So baby went on back to Mama
Left a fifty for the landlord
Nothin' here to stay around for
A guy outside the courthouse told me
Found a note when I got home last night
Now I'm nearly out of gas and it's raining
A ten buck wedding ceremony
But things don't always work out like you plan
Like the sunrise the truth finally hit me
So I'm headed for that Alabama line
But I'm almost halfway back to Birmingham
She was mine for a time in Miami
She was mine for a time in Miami
Like the sunrise the truth finally hit me
Thought I had her in the palm of my hand
