Song Description

Ballad of a rural southern girl, ventures away from and back to home.

Lyrics

GONNA CLEANSE MY SOUL
Lyrics and Music by Buck Finley, B.M.I.

As a young girl raised in the Baptist way
On a Tennessee mountain down Millersburg way
I watched my daddy work himself damn near half to death
Mama died young when the seventh one come
It didn?t bother me none that I?d turned fifteen
The kids got fed and I?d never been kissed
And yes, it hurt
See a girl gets lonely on a cold foggy morning
Thinking ?bout a guy from somewhere else
I?d hear get ?em up girl, you gotta go to school
Quit your laying in bed and what?s coming over you
It felt good

It?s a long short story but it needs to be told
See girls around here don?t get to get old
Mama told me when I was thirteen
With a tear in her eye she had dreams for me
Chicago?s cool but it ain?t home
I never will forget my Mama?s last words

Then the dirtwater fox hopped off the train
He was looking for a meal and to be entertained
I worked after school in the local café
A couple hours work doesn?t (dudn?t) bring much pay
He was long, tall and handsome
I?d never heard a man talk quite that way
Ohh ? he sounded so good
Now this girl?s got trav?lin? in her veins
What a gorgeous day for a northbound train
His lines were slick, too good to be true
The fox never told me ?bout his gamblin? ways
Before I knew it I was stakes on the table
Such a long way from home, many years gone by
Daddy?s not well and the kids are grown

Gonna cleanse my soul, forgive myself and find my way back home
Mama told me it?s never too late to try and set things right
Chicago ain?t cool, and it ain?t home
This southbound train?s gonna take me where I belong ?
This girl?s goin? home