Sweet Potato Kisses
Adele told me that one of her proudest moments as a songwriter was sitting in the audience at the Carrboro Music Festival and watching the whole crowd bouncing up and down and singing along to this one. It was a real crowd pleaser.
The theme is pretty simple -- the high-powered female business exec may be hot stuff, but the stay-at-home mom has the guy's heart.
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The recording is Great Big Gone (with Janet Place on lead vocals) playing at the City Tap in Pittsboro in 2010. This song made us play super loose!
Lyrics
She’s got
Work clothes
She’s got
Panty hose
I’ve got
Dirty dishes
Carolina springtime and sweet potato kisses
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She’s got
High heels
She’s got
Business deals
I’ve got
What she’s missin’
Okalahoma sunshine and sweet potato kisses
What she’s got
She flaunts
But I’ve got what she really wants
She’s got brains and looks and money too
But the one thing she hasn’t got is you
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What she’s got
I don’t need
But I’m what she wants to be
She’s Miss
I’m Mrs.
Chatanooga moonshine and sweet potato kisses
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Oklahoma sunshine sweet potato kisses
Chattanooga moonshine sweet potato kisses
Carolina springtime and sweet potato kisses
She might be tasty, but I’m delicious.