Delta Dreams chords by Martin Simpson
Verse 1
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drove
north from New Orleans
in a 55 Bel -Air
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Music on the bench,
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seat expectation in the air
There's room for a man to wear his hat
in this church of red and cream
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And we are pilgrims of purpose,
driving in this dream
And is that a fifty -five, man?
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I used to drive a fifty -five
What's she got under the hood, man?
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She makes me feel alive
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Live oaks, draped with Spanish moss
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Like rags of shoals and ball gowns
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Shade the shame -faced dowagers
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along the river road
And on the bluffs at Vicksburg,
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the big guns still guard the river
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Men sing the barges
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as they haul their heavy loads
Is that a fifty -five, man?
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I used to drive a fifty -five
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What's she got un der the hood, man?
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She makes me feel alive
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Outside the closed -down undertakers
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to Lincolnhurst's standing
Rusting and appealing
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and unforgiving, yeah
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The church where Sonny Boy lies buried,
burned down to the ground
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The crucifix of rusty nails and ashes
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there
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There's no panther in the cane break,
no devil at the crossroads,
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but here's a fifty -seven
Cadillac and it's tearin' down the road.
It's Bird Breath and his buddies,
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they're comin' from Chicago.
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They got a fifth of whiskey,
they got a hundred miles to go.
They are barreling from the west side
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to the Gulf of Mexico
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Is that a .55?
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Man, I used to drive a .55
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Boy, she's got an other hood, man,
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makes me feel alive
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Oh, the young people are left here
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for the steel mills and assembly lines
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For the marshalling yards
and the killing floor
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Many years ago
But the cities, they are dying
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And the industries are wasted
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But there sure is no good reason
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To come back here anymore
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Is that a fifty -five man
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Who used to drive a fifty -five?
What's she got under the hood,
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She makes me feel alive
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We drove north from New Orleans
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in a 55 Bel -Air
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Got mu sic on the bench seat,
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expectation in the air
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There's room for a man to wear his hat
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in this church of red and green
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And we are pilgrims of purpose
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driving in this dream
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Is that a 55, man?
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I used to drive a 55
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What you got under the hood, man?
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She makes me feel alive
Outro 1
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Delta Dreams
Martin Simpson
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