Magnolias

Sisters on the low note

Momma's playin' piano keys

Papa won't you teach us that sweet harmony

Granny started early ironing all the clothes

Handkerchiefs and undershirts

Stockings and bows

It was a picture perfect, Sunday morning family

You are magnolias

Roses on a chain linked fence

Call for my salvation

But I've got other plans

I don't know where I'm goin'

But I ain't stayin' here

Rich man on the hill

Poor white folks on the pills

Me I'm walkin' sideways among tobacco fields

No, I ain't gonna do this, it ain't the best for me

There's a fire on the mountain, standin' in the street

Close enough to feel the smoke

Wise enough to feel my feet

Leavin' all that mess I made to burn behind me

You are magnolias

Roses on a chain linked fence

Call for my salvation

But I've got other plans

I don't know where I'm goin'

But I ain't stayin' here

You are magnolias

Roses on a chain linked fence

Call for my salvation

But I've got other plans

I don't know where I'm goin'

But I ain't stayin' here

Sisters on the low note

Momma's playin' piano keys

Papa won't you teach us that sweet harmony