SWEET AMELIA
Album : To Make Me Who I Am - 1997
(Written by Aaron Neville / Gordon Chambers / Robbie Nevil / Bradley Spalter)
Aaron Neville


Oh Amelia, oh Amelia 
A southern woman, a southern woman 
Never had a chance to say goodbye 

I met her back in sixty-three, she was such a mystery 
She was there on Barron Street, down in New Orleans 
So wild, but yet so tame, she could calm a hurricane 
She was only seventeen and Amelia was her name 

Oh when I took her for a ride, she got close by my side 
And when I looked into her eye, Amelia kept me hypnotized 
But in my heart she fell, oh I got pulled into her spell 
I can still see her there, with the flowers in her hair 

Oh Amelia, my southern woman, oh my woman 
I can still feel you, feel you, feel you, everytime I close my eyes 
Sweet Amelia, sweet Amelia 
Where did you run to 
We never had a chance to say goodbye 
Never heard her say goodbye 

I remember making love underneath the stars above 
I can feel the summer breeze up in magnolia trees 
That night in the southern light, the girl she took me by the hand 
I was weak as a little lamb, but I became a man 

Love was pumping through my veins, her lips were sweet like sugarcane 
We rode all night in the rain, 'cross lake Poncetrain 
She had a heart as fine as fire, burning innocent desire 
I can still see her there, with flowers in her hair 

Oh Amelia, oh Amelia 
A southern woman, a southern woman 
I can still feel you, everytime I close my eyes 
Sweet Amelia, sweet Amelia 
Where did you run to, where'd you run to 
We never had a chance to say goodbye 
Never want to say goodbye 

Just like a shooting star, she vanished in the night 
But I'll always remember her lips so warm and tender 
And in my heart she'll always shine so bright 
Sweet Amelia, if I could just see her one more time 

Oh Amelia, my southern woman 
A southern woman, 
I can still feel you, oh I can feel you, everytime I close my eyes, close my eyes 
Sweet Amelia, sweet Amelia 
Where did you run to 
We never had a chance to say goodbye (never, never, never, never never say goodbye) 

Oh Amelia, oh Amelia 
A southern woman, a southern woman 
I can still feel you, everytime I close my eyes 
Sweet Amelia, sweet Amelia 
Where did you run to 
We never had a chance to say goodbye 

Oh Amelia, a southern woman, 
A southern woman 
I can still feel you, everytime I close my eyes, from the bottom of my heart 
Sweet Amelia, sweet Amelia, 
Where did you run to 
Where did you run to 
We never had a chance to say goodbye