[Intro – Rain + Rhodes Piano]
[Thunder soft in the distance]
Some loves smell like roses…
Ours smelled like cigarette smoke…
rainwater…
and magnolia blossoms.
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[Verse 1]
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Met you on a porch while the storm rolled in,
Hair tied back, barefoot skin.
Magnolia perfume mixed with cigarette haze,
Lookin’ like heartbreak dressed in grace.
You talked slow with that Southern drawl,
Like every word had survived it all.
And somewhere between your laugh and sighs,
I forgot what loneliness felt like.
The swamp air thick, the night hung low,
Old blues driftin’ from the radio.
You looked at me like you understood pain,
Without either one of us explainin’.
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[Hook – Choir + Smooth Guitar]
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Smoke and magnolia…
Sweet and sad…
The kind of love make broken feel less bad.
Smoke and magnolia…
Late-night glow…
Two lost souls tryna move slow.
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[Verse 2]
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We danced in the kitchen at quarter to two,
Bare feet slide while the rain broke through.
No fancy words, no grand parade,
Just Southern souls tryna feel okay.
You kissed me soft like a Sunday hymn,
Like maybe God still listened then.
And every scar inside my chest
Felt lighter when it touched your breath.
But Louisiana teach love strange—
Beauty always come with rain.
And the harder the feeling grow,
The more afraid you get to hold it close.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Trumpet]
Maybe that’s why Southern love hit different…
We know everything beautiful…
eventually storms.
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Hold me close while the thunder speak…
Love feel holy when the world feel weak.
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[Verse 3]
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Morning came slow through the window blinds,
Smoke still lingerin’ from the night.
You asleep wrapped against my chest,
And for once my spirit felt rest.
Maybe forever ain’t promised here,
Not in a place baptized by tears.
But if the storm come take this peace—
I’ll still remember your magnolia heat.
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[Final Hook – Full Choir + Brass]
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Smoke and magnolia…
Rain and flame…
Still whisperin’ your sweet name.
Smoke and magnolia…
Southern skies…
Love still bloom where sorrow hide.
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[Outro – Rain + Soft Guitar]
The cigarette burned out…
but the magnolia stayed.
