TRACK 06JRH · WHERE YOU CAN BREATHE
South Georgia Smile
Warm light, open air, and the kind of smile that can stop a grown man mid-thought.
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She smiled through the stage lightsLike she knew I’d look her wayAuburn hair on her shouldersBrown eyes stealing through the hazeLittle ink on her fingersWildflowers on her thighsBarefoot in the basslineWith mischief in her eyes
She didn’t wave me overShe didn’t say my nameShe just smiled like she knew meAnd everything changed
That smile says come hereThat smile says stay awhileBrown eyes pulling me inLike trouble with a grinShe don’t have to say a thingShe don’t have to tryOne look from that girlAnd the whole world comes aliveThat South Georgia smileYeah, that South Georgia smile
She moved through the moonlightLike the rhythm knew her nameLong hair falling easyAnd a smile I couldn’t tameShe’ll chase a bass-drop midnightThrough a field of neon lightsThen talk dreams till daylightLike morning lost the fight
She’s got that hippie kind of magicYou can’t catch, you can’t defineShe don’t stay inside the linesBut her heart keeps pulling mine
That smile says come hereThat smile says stay awhileBrown eyes pulling me inLike trouble with a grinShe don’t have to say a thingShe don’t have to tryOne look from that girlAnd the whole world comes aliveThat South Georgia smileYeah, that South Georgia smile
She turned around laughingAuburn against her skinLooked back over her shoulderAnd pulled me right back inShe’s soft, she’s wildShe’s fire, she’s freeShe’s every little thingI didn’t know I’d need
That smile says come hereThat smile says stay awhileBrown eyes pulling me inLike trouble with a grinShe don’t have to say a thingShe don’t have to tryOne look from that girlAnd the whole world comes aliveThat South Georgia smileYeah, that South Georgia smile
Auburn hair and brown eyesDancing in the lightsStill getting pulled back inBy that South Georgia smile
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