Magnolia Lyrics

Magnolia
Charlie Robison
Beginning: G-D-G-D-G-A-D
I drove all day to North Mississippi
I drove all night to the place I call home
I hope that Johnny??s still waitin?? there for me
To take me beside him and call me his own
Chorus:
But it??s too late now
It??s too late now
The smell of magnolias
Still sweet in my mouth
And I know it??s too late now
Johnny got mean when he started drinkin??
And it wasn??t nobody??s fault when he cried
So I left one mornin?? from North Mississippi
Cause I couldn??t stand to tell mama I lied
Johnny took no time to ask me to marry
And I said I would though I knew it was wrong
They played Hank Williams in North Mississippi
And I played the same girl I had all along
Early one mornin?? in North Mississippi
I swore that I could hear somebody cry
But it wasn??t my Johnny from North Mississippi
All dressed up in orange on the day that I died
Chorus:
But it??s too late now
It??s too late now
The smell of magnolias
Now gone from my mouth
And I know it??s too late now