Heart of Gold - Leyla McCalla

If I had a heart of gold

As some folks I know

I’d up and sell my heart of gold

And head north with the dough

But I don’t have a heart of gold

My heart’s not even lead

It’s made of clay, old Georgia clay

And that’s why my heart is red

I wonder why red clay

So red and Georgia sky, so blue

I wonder why it’s yes to me

And yessir, sir to you

I wonder why the sky so blue

And why the clay so red

Way down south is always down

And never up instead