A southern belle, I crossed you in the moonlight
Turned 'round to find you had not gone
The things I had were all words that you had gave me
The things I’d lost you had retired
Heading downtown I’m going to walk the river
Come from Eighth and turn down Broad
I call up my friends and gather them around me
Visit my old familiar haunts
Some folks I meet they don’t have anything to say about you
That I could take home to my ma
But I’m not swayed, Babe, they can speak themselves blue
It doesn’t change who you are
You’re the one that stands behind me
When the dark thunder clouds roll
You’re the place that’s always open to welcome me back home
You’re a thousand streetlights shining
On all the roads I walk alone
My fair Augusta, my steady queen, my lady luck
If you’ve got a queen you’ve got to treat her like one
If you want that queen to shine
The one I’ve seen standing so proudly on the fall line
She don’t want to be outdone
She’s a golden lass
With eyes that you can run to
And you can take that to your ma
And if you’re ever blue
Maybe you can start to find your way home
And lay down some Georgia roots
And let her...
Be the one that stands behind you
When the dark thunder clouds roll
Be the place that’s always open to welcome you back home
‘Cause there’s a thousand streetlights shining
On all the roads you walk alone
She’s the name that’s always mentioned when our story’s told
And she smells of sweet magnolias if my memory holds
Her music is moving through me like the Gospel songs of old
She’s standing there behind me as the dark thunder clouds roll
She’s a thousand streetlights shining on all the roads I walk alone
And her arms are wide open to welcome me back home
My fair Augusta, my steady queen, my lady luck
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