I've been loved in Cincinnati, Evansville and in St Paul All the gals were pretty and I ain't tryin' to find no fault There's a gal in the Windy City, I can't forget about But if you want to love like you ain't had love go south, south, south Southern loving, take that southern loving every time There's a sweet thing in Augusta, got the softest lips of all When she kisses on you, you just climb right up the wall And there's a nurse I know in Memphis, got love for a middle name If she ever gets her hands on you it's shame, shame, shame Southern loving, take that southern loving every time Now everybody's heard about that southern hospitality But that ain't why the sunny south has got its hold on me There's a teacher down in Dallas, I ain't seen in quite sometime Just to think about her burns a hole right through my mind And there's a gal in Bogalusa, just can't love enough I'll tell you about her with just three words she's tough, tough, tough Southern loving, take that southern loving every time Now everybody's heard about that southern hospitality But that ain't why the sunny south has got its hold on me Southern loving, take that southern loving every time It's southern loving, take that southern loving every time