Take Me Back (And Leave Me There)
Wish I could find a greyhound that had a destination
sign
Said Elrod
With the smell of sweet magnolias, blowin’ in the
summer air
Lord take me back and leave
me there
Chorus:
Pass through the land of cotton, carry me away
To those feelings long forgotten in the good old days
To the place that’s cool and shady, tire swings and
rockin’ chairs
Lord take me back and leave
me there
I wanna live in grandpa’s stories, taste a drug store
malt for two
Or Granma’s blue ribbon pickles, that made the front
page news
Yesterday is all I’m after; how I get there I don’t
care
Just take me back and leave me there
Chorus:
Pass through the land of cotton, carry me away…
Repeat last two lines of chorus:
To the place that’s cool and shady, tire swings and
rockin chairs
Lord take me back and leave
me there.