Song Description
Tribute to Memphis Soul
| Song Length |
5:17 |
Genre |
R & B - Funk, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, In High Spirits |
Subject |
Radio, Fun |
| Similar Artists |
Dr. John, The Neville Brothers |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
You can hear it in the alley coming down the street
Feel it in your bones and makes you wanna move your feet
It comes from the country and the hills of Tennessee
From the Shoals of Alabama over to the Bluff City
Chorus
Shout it from the banks of the Mississippi yeah
This Delta lifestyle I'm sittin' pretty
Hernando Desoto did you know
That you were breaking ground in the land of soul
Verse
Shake your head if you disagree
The down home sound is the thing for me
Clean your slate start something new
I'll be your sugardaddy if you be my sweet mama gumbo reaux
Chorus
Shout it from the banks of the Mississippi yeah
This Delta lifestyle I'm sittin' pretty
Hernando Desoto did you know
That you were breaking ground in the land of soul
Bridge
Radio voices call out to me
Otis, Rufus and Booker T
Turntable tracks and stacks of wax
those bumpin' grooves take me back
to beans and slaw,smoked barbeque
Southern livin' is good for you
Chrous
Shout it from the banks of the Mississippi yeah
This Delta lifestyle I'm sittin' pretty
Hernando Desoto did you know
That you were breaking ground in the land of soul