Sweet Amelia
Aaron Neville Song Lyrics

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