Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — Down South

Headed back down south Gonna see my daddy's mistress Gonna buy back her forgiveness Pay off every witness One more time down south Sell the family headstones Drag a bag of dry bones Make good on my back loans So if I come to your door Let me sleep on your floor I'll give you all I have And a little more Sleep late down south Look up my former mentors Live off Yankee winters Be a landlord and a renter Create myself down south Impress all the women Pretend I'm Samuel Clemens Wear seersucker and white linens (Chorus) Spanish moss down south Spirits cross the dead fields Mosquitoes hit the windshield All document remain sealed (Chorus) I'll give you all I have And a little more