They finally made it on the evening news
Ridin' up again with my kin and friends
She was looking for a little change of pace
The way you used to sing that silly song to me
Come on baby, now
It's a southern, it's a southern thing

Me and my honey rockin' back and forth
Gulf breeze on the porch
Kelly had a taste for guns and pills
Come on baby, now
Mississippi River running over me
If we ever get out of here
Get a little closer
Ridin' up again with my kin and friends
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
Underneath the yellow moon

Mississippi River running over me

Now when they held up the bank in Mobile
Come on baby, now
Sweet dream, New Orleans
When a cop pulled 'em over on the interstate
(It's a Gas)
Get a little closer
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand

Kelly blew that car away
I want you to promise me you'll go
Ridin' up again with my kin and friends
Come on baby, now

He was looking for a mark to roll
Come on baby, now
Don't mock what you don't understand, it's a southern thing
(It's a southern thing)

(It's a Gas)
Don't mock what you don't understand, it's a southern thing
Come on baby, now
Underneath the yellow moon
It's a southern, it's a southern thing
Come on baby, now
Pretty mama come and take me by the hand
"M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-humpback-humpback"
Sweet dream, New Orleans
Sweet dream, New Orleans
And Kelly drove 'em back up to Memphis

To finish what the king had once begun

Oo yeah
Come on baby, now
Me and my honey rockin' back and forth
He's a felon from Baton Rouge
Mississippi River running over me
Sarah was a Kappa from Tulane
Come on baby, now
Down to the Gulf and swim
(It's a Gas)

Gulf breeze on the porch
Underneath the yellow moon
Sing, "M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-humpback-humpback"
(I heard him singin')

Come on baby, now
In the heat of the Delta sun
(Come on and sing it now)
She's a Georgia peach, never within reach
Me and my honey rockin' back and forth

Gulf breeze on the porch
I heard Robert Johnson playing on the steel guitar
It's a southern, it's a southern thing

Don't mock what you don't understand, it's a southern thing
Come on baby, now
Deep in the sea and you'll think of me