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Southern Babes (Steel &

"Southern Babes (Steel & Sundresses)" [Intro - Spoken Interlude - Sam (female)] (The track opens with a nasty, strutting percussive banjo and a thick blues organ chord. A heavy, sidechain-pumping kick drum stomps on the downbeat. Spoken smooth, dangerous, and confident.) The boys like to talk about their heavy iron. They like to sing about the engines, the lockouts, and the fortresses they build. But let’s get one thing straight... a king is just a boy with a crown until a Southern woman tells him how to run the castle. This one is for the girls raised on sweet tea, dirt roads, and shotgun shells. [Verse 1 - Matt (male)] (A massive, distorted 808 sub-bass drops in. The hurdy-gurdy purrs in the background. Matt’s voice is rough, respectful, and tipping his hat.) From the Galveston coast up to the Kansas plains There’s a beautiful force running through the veins Of the women who can handle the summer heat And look like an angel walking down the street They got the honey in their voice, the fire in their eyes They see right through a heavy outlaw's lies You think you're a badass, you think you're tough? Wait till a Southern babe calls your bluff! [Pre-Chorus - Sam (female) & Matt (male)] (A wailing harmonica blows a sassy, sliding note.) (Sam - female - singing lead) We wear the sundresses... (Matt - male - rough echo) ...with the boots on the floor! (Sam - female) We hold the heavy keys... (Matt - male) ...to the armory door! [Chorus - Sam (female) & Matt (male)] (Explosive, heavy-stomping Southern rock-trap drop. The slide guitar with talk box screams a wildly melodic, strutting riff over a punchy kick drum.) (Sam - female) This is for the Southern babes holding down the line! (Matt - male) ...looking like a million bucks and tasting like wine! (Sam - female) We can cook a Sunday dinner, we can turn a heavy wrench! (Matt - male) ...pull a runaway engine right off the bench! (Sam - female) We’re the steel magnolias in the middle of the dark! (Both) The undisputed queens of the trailer park! Yeah, raise your glasses up to the girls who run the show— The absolute best that the country has to know! [Verse 2 - Sam (female)] (The beat drops to a dirty, bouncy trap rhythm. The mouth harp twangs playfully while the accordion breathes a confident strut.) You boys like to think that you're running the town With your big bad trucks and your windows down But who do you call when the shadows creep? And who is the one watching while you sleep? We’re the mothers and the daughters of the hurricane coast We ain't afraid of the devil, we ain't scared of the ghosts We got a .380 hidden in the Louis Vuitton And we look damn good when the safety's off! [Pre-Chorus - Sam (female) & Matt (male)] (The Viking war horn blows a short, confident blast in the background.) (Sam - female) We got the sweet charm... (Matt - male) ...with the heavy iron will! (Sam - female) We can save your soul... (Matt - male) ...or shoot to kill! [Chorus - Sam (female) & Matt (male)] (Maximum volume. Turntable scratches cut through the mix, blending hip-hop swagger with outlaw country metal.) (Sam - female) This is for the Southern babes holding down the line! (Matt - male) ...looking like a million bucks and tasting like wine! (Sam - female) We can cook a Sunday dinner, we can turn a heavy wrench! (Matt - male) ...pull a runaway engine right off the bench! (Sam - female) We’re the steel magnolias in the middle of the dark! (Both) The undisputed queens of the trailer park! Yeah, raise your glasses up to the girls who run the show— The absolute best that the country has to know! [Bridge - Matt (male)] (The instruments drop completely out except for a single acoustic guitar strum and the sound of ice clinking in a glass. Matt speaks in a deadpan, deeply respectful whisper.) I built the fortress. I poured the concrete. But Jackie is the one who makes it a home. Without the women of the South, us outlaws are just a bunch of feral dogs barking at the moon. God bless 'em. [Outro - Sam (female) & Matt (male)] (The heavy, strutting 808 beat crashes back in, riding out with the slide guitar laughing through the talk box.) (Sam - female - singing smooth and sassy) Southern babes... running the whole damn world... (Matt - male - spoken, chuckling) Yes, ma'am. (The sharp sound of a blown kiss, a final heavy kick-drum stomp, and absolute silence.)