Southern Nights Lyrics

Lyric discussion by heatherfer 

Cover art for Southern Nights lyrics by Glen Campbell

Very popular song during 1977. The lyrics however are ADHD: the song starts out asking the listener to imagine sultry Deep South nights, but then detours to a strange story about a magical old man, and then pleads for world peace. As a preteen listening to this song on the radio, I didn't get what Glenn Campbell was getting at, and today, as an adult, I still don't.

Scatman Crothers and world peace?

To do with the South? Er, what? OK...