Magnolia

Well, I drove all day to North Mississippi And I drove all night to the place I call home And I hope that Johnny's still waitin' there for me To take me beside him and call me his own But it's too late now, it's too late now The smell of magnolia Is still sweet in my mouth And I know it's too late now Well, Johnny got mean when he started drinkin' And it wasn't, nobody's fault when he cried So I left one mornin' from North Mississippi 'Cause I couldn't stand to tell mama I lied But it's too late now, it's too late now The smell of magnolia Is still sweet in my mouth And I know it's too late now Johnny took no time to ask me to marry And I said I would, though I knew it was wrong And they played Hank Williams in North Mississippi And I played the same girl I had all along It's too late now, it's too late now The smell of magnolia Is still sweet in my mouth And I know it's too late now Early one mornin' in North Mississippi I swore that I could hear somebody cry But it wasn't my Johnny from North Mississippi All dressed up in orange on the day that I died But it's too late now, it's too late now The smell of magnolia is Now gone from my mouth And I know it's too late now The smell of magnolia is Now gone from my mouth And I know it's too late now