Southern Night

I slid open my bedroom window
To climb on my roof & write a song
About the boy who hit me like an ocean
Made nothing like this feel wrong

I could have just sat at home & played the game
When I'm the one thing you'll never touch
But when you promised it'd all be okay
I kind of felt that pushing rush

And I don't let the boys come near
Enough to see the freckles in my eyes
But you did something to that girl
In one slow Southern night

If I broke down all my mountains
Just to let you hold onto me
Would you send me down crashing
Without ever catching me?

And if the notion suddently struck me
To tell you all my hidden truths
Would you run with the wild horses
Or would you let me be sweet for you?

And I don't let the boys come near
Enough to see the freckles in my eyes
But you did something to that girl
In one slow Southern night

And I'm writing sweet songs
To stars hanging above my porch
They haven't heard those kind of words
You could take me downtown
Beneath those falling leaves
And I might fall for you

And I don't let the boys come near
Enough to see the freckles in my eyes
But you did something to that girl
In one slow Southern night
Yes, you could have this girl
On one slow Southern night