55 South

by The Affirmative

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Nostalgia and sadness on the journey back to an old college town, as road-signs and the stifling Mississippi summer heat trigger long dormant memories....

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55 South

The King was twenty-five years gone
When I first touched down in Memphis
And alien heat played havoc with my senses
Heading south down 55
Distant memories come alive
Each mile yields
Recollections that hit
Like bugs on the ‘shield

Arthur A. Chester, ordained high above,
Travelled to Dixie spreading fraternal love
But deep inside the land of cotton
The olden days were not forgotten (look away, look away)
And 55 South feels a lot like going home

55 South feels a lot like going
55 South feels a lot like going
55 South feels a lot like going home

A sorority sister demands my attention
Looking like a lost cause, or dressed for redemption?
Losing a war without end, her past lies bleeding
The present is absent, and the future receding
And 55 South feels a lot like going home

It’s Bible black by eight, cicadas score the scene
I’m soon guided by Mr Riley ‘BB’ King
Delta Blues in the southern night
Framed by candlelight, my lost Lorelei
And 55 South feels a lot like going home

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released September 11, 2017
Words: Topping
Music: Shaw and Topping

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The Affirmative Plymouth, UK

The Affirmative are an eclectic guitar driven band from Plymouth, fusing indie with Americana, to produce a Splendid debut album of songs ranging from the lyrically and musically complex, to quirky reminiscences about lost love and wasted summer days.

Their music is shaped by everything from the American South to the English South-West and many well-worn highways and byways between and beyond.
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