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Southern nights, have you ever felt the southern night ?
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Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees
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Whistling tunes that you know and love so
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Southern nights, just as good even when closed your eyes.
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I apologize, to any one who can truly say
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That he has found a better way
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Southern skies, have you ever noticed southern skies ?
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It's precious beauty lies, just beyond the eye
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It goes running through your soul, like the stories told of old
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Old man, he and his dog that walked the old land
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Every flower touched his cold hand.
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As he slowly walked by, weeping willows would cry, for joy
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Feels so good, feels so good, it's frightening, wish I could
Stop this world from fighting
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Mystery, like this and many others in the trees
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Blow in the night, in the southern skies
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Southern night, The feel so good, it's frightening, wish I could
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Written by Allen Toussaint