[Verse]

I was raised where the rivers hum their tune

Where the church bells rang out Sunday noon

The choir’s echoes made the spirit shake

With gospel fire that the heart can't fake

[Verse 2]

Mama sang high

Daddy sang low

Harmony rising wherever we’d go

The rhythm of life in the southern air

Blues in my veins

A cross I bear

[Chorus]

Sing it loud

Let the soul unfold

Feel the heat

Let the story be told

From the pulpit to the muddy streets

A southern song

Where rhythm beats

[Verse 3]

Sundays dressed in our finest thread

Voices rising

The preacher led

The piano played and the spirit soared

A rhythm that left us all restored

[Bridge]

Every note a prayer

Every chord a plea

It’s the gospel roots that set me free

Blues in my heart

Gospel in my soul

A southern boy with a story untold

[Chorus]

Sing it loud

Let the soul unfold

Feel the heat

Let the story be told

From the pulpit to the muddy streets

A southern song

Where rhythm beats