Cherokee Purples

I still see you when I close my eyes

On your back porch in the summertime

The kids on Mama's side

In the back yard running wild as kudzu vines

If y'all get burnt, break off some aloe; if y'all get stung, rub in some tobacco

If yall get hot or thirsty, you know where the hose is

Fireflies, june bugs, cicadas

Menthol lights and heirloom tomatoes

Grab anything you want from the garden, just better stay out of my roses

Ain't it funny how a memory comes flooding back so fast

When you accidentally stir up moments from the past

Back when the things were easy, not a care in the world

Back when summer days seemed to move in circles

Duke's mayonnaise and Cherokee Purples

I got out when I got older, but I never could shake that chip off of my shoulder

As big as a Buick we use to pile in to go up to L&S Fast Stop

It was Mountain Dew or Big League Chew, and if you were good, you could have both

Advance pay for another day, just don't tell your Mama

Ain't it funny how a memory comes flooding back so fast

When you accidentally stir up moments from the past

Back when things were easy, not a care in the world

Back when summer days seemed to move in circles

Duke's mayonnaise and Cherokee Purples

We lost her back in '95, but every year single year about this time

Something silly as a sandwich brings her back to the forefront of my memory

I can still hear the way she laughed or the way that sweet tea tasted

Grab a chair, boy, from over there, these beans ain't gonna snap themselves