Delta Soulfire

in the shadows of the delta where the cotton fields would sway voices rising like the river deep and full of fight smooth as midnight silk melodies of billionaire hours that whisper secrets washing over fear all rhythm and blues you soulful queen carrying the weight of dreams unseen with every note you heal the broken emotional waves in the night unspoken sing it low let the bass line hum in your arms we've all become one r and b my endless flame through the deep you forever the same horns cry out in the city lights syncopated beats collide bass guitar like a heartbeat pulling ties inside keyboards paint the longing electric strings that bend from motels golden ever to the neo-solar men's intimate confession sensual in the groove melancholic whispers making lovers move all rhythm and blues you soulful queen carrying the weight of dreams unseen with every note you heal the broken emotional waves in the night unspoken sing it low let the bass line hum in your arms we've all become one r and b my endless flame through the deep forever the same from the 40s juked joints to the stages we command funk in every step horns lifting up the band vocal centric fire polished in the groove united states born but the world's in your south no more chains of silence just the rhythm set us free ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a