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Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #407
Peak in subgenre #138
Author
Carolyn Taylor White, Janice Hopkins
Rights
2010
Uploaded
August 15, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:30
Lyrics
ONE OF THE LAST TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN
©2010 Carolyn Taylor White/ Janice Hopkinsa€“ BMI
Produced & Recorded at Showdog Studios by Brad Miller
Vocal by Catrina Williams/background vocals Brad Miller
I remember helpina€™ momma
Deliver door to door
Meals to the old folks
Who couldna€™t get out anymore
We always knew exactly where hea€™d be
Waitina€™ for us on his front porch swing
Olea€™ man Hardina€™ slowly tipped his hat
Blue eyes twinklina€™ as he struggled to stand
Hea€™d pull a couple chairs our way
Then Mommaa€™d say
(Youa€™re) one of the last true southern gentlemen
Chorus
She told me back then he was one of a dying breed
Ia€™d tell her I dona€™t know what all that means
Tears in her eyes, she tried hard to explain
How hea€™d treat a lady right ana€™ respect a mana€™s good name
I remembered most what she said then
Hea€™s one of the last true southern gentlemen
Hea€™d say, ladies youa€™re lovely, twice as kind
But what mommaa€™d said stirred in my mind
I said, are yaa€™ dying, mommaa€™s face turned red
Grinning in a gentle drawl he said
Mama€™am the world, ita€™s surely changing fast
But I dona€™t worry; Ia€™m grounded in the past
When my time starts comina€™ to its end
Hope Ia€™m not the last true southern gentlemen
Bridge
Years later on a summer day
Goina€™ to mommaa€™s, past the Hardina€™ place
An empty swing rustina€™ on a rundown porch
Beckoned me to sita€¦ think of him once more
Chorus
She told me he was one of a dying breed
Ia€™d tell her I dona€™t know what all that means
Tears in her eyes, she tried hard to explain
How hea€™d treat a lady right ana€™ respect a mana€™s good name
But I remember most what she said then
Hea€™s one of the last true southern gentlemen
Tag: Tears in my eyes, now I understand
It was just like momma told me way back when
He was the last true southern gentlemen
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