DIXIE CHICKEN As recorded by Deep Purple (From the 2021 Album TURNING TO CRIME) [Intro] N.C.    [Verse 1] I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel And underneath a street lamp I met a southern belle Well she took me to the river where she cast her spell And in that southern moonlight she sang this song so well [Chorus] If you’ll be my Dixie chicken I’ll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland [Piano Solo]          [Verse 2] Well we made all the hotspots my money flowed likе wine Then the lowdown southеrn whiskey began to fog my mind And I don’t remember church bells or the money I put down On the white picket fence and boardwalk On the house at the end of town [Pre-Chorus] Oh do I remember the strain of her refrain And nights we spent together And the way she called my name [Chorus] If you’ll be my Dixie chicken I’ll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Many years since she ran away Guess that banjo player sure could play She always liked to sing along She’s handy with a song But then one night in the lobby of the Commodore Hotel I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well As he handed me a drink he began to hum a song And all the boys there at the bar began to sing along [Chorus] If you’ll be my Dixie chicken I’ll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland [Outro]