"The Southern Side" lyrics - MIKE ZITO

I walked to New York City in the pouring rain
I jumped in the ocean in the California waves
I watched the sun go down over Tokyo in lights
But nothing compares to the southern side of life

I love the heat wave that we have on Halloween
The fish and crab for sale on the side of the street
But where your momma makes cornbread
It's so thick you need a knife
It's so much sweeter baby
On the southern side of life

It's like all the love and the sugar just melt into the sun
We don't need no morning baby just to have a little fun
Everywhere that I am in this world
You know that I am on the run
I'm driving south baby

To kiss the only one

Oh yeah

Now you can keep your politics
And your freezing rain
Put on your overcoats
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?

I'll take hot summer Texas Christmas
Eating fried chicken with my wife
Lord it's so much sweeter babe
On the southern side of life
The southern side of life
The southern side of life
The southern side of life
Oh yeah
Oh yeah