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Magnolia Mountain - A Little South of Birmingham

from Music and Lyrics: 2009​-​2015 by Mark Utley

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Originally appeared on Magnolia Mountain's "Nothing As It Was" album, released 2009.

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A LITTLE SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM (Mark Utley - Sleep Cat Music/BMI)

From just a little south of Birmingham
My baby called me on the phone
She said she maybe missed me now and then
And maybe I should come back home

460 miles to Birmingham
From Cincinnati, Ohio
Kentucky, Tennessee, then Alabam'
Back to the sweetest place I know

I did something that I should not have done
Something that she could not forgive
And when my key would not unlock our door
That's when I headed north to live

But that big city ain't no place for me
I can barely breathe the air
The only grass is growing through the cracks
In all the concrete everywhere

So every night, I just come home from work
Stare out the window through the bars
And then I think about the love I lost
And wish that I could see the stars

I'm just a little south of Birmingham
And there's my baby at her door
I know I'll never break her heart again
I'll never leave here any more

I'm just a little south of Birmingham
I'm just a little south of Birmingham

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from Music and Lyrics: 2009​-​2015, released April 2, 2015
Mark Utley (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Melissa English (harmony vocals)
Jordan Neff (harmony vocals, electric guitar)
Rockne Riddlebarger (hawaiian steel guitar)
Bob Lese (mandolin)
Bob Donisi (upright bass)
Matt Frazer (drums)

Track produced by John Curley at Ultrasuede Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Mark Utley Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati-based singer/songwriter Mark Utley is the driving force behind the acclaimed roots-rock/Americana band Magnolia Mountain, the honky-tonk Country outfit Bulletville, and the two "Music for the Mountains" fundraising concerts and compilation albums. ... more

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