Atlanta Rhythm Section The Ballad of Lois Malone on Vinyl with Lyrics in Description

Track 6 from their seventh album released in 1978 copyright Polydor Records. Their most successful, it went Gold in a few months and achieved Platinum status in September of that year.  Recorded from the original vinyl. Written by Barry Bailey, Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry & Robert Nix and produced by Buddy Buie & Robert Nix. RIP Ronnie Hammond, Jo Jo Billingsley, Robert Nix, Paul Goddard, Buddy Buie, J.R. Cobb, Barry Bailey & Dean Daughtry. Featuring:

Ronnie Hammond - Lead & background vocals
Barry Bailey - Lead & rhythm guitars
J.R. Cobb - Lead & rhythm guitars & background vocals
Dean Daughtry - Keyboards
Paul Goddard - Bass
Robert Nix - Drums & background vocals
Special guests:
Jo Jo Billingsley - Background vocals
Buddy Buie - Background vocals
Paul Davis - Background vocals
Artimus Pyle- Percussion

This is the ballad of Lois Malone

I knew this old gal down in South Alabama
She was a sight to behold
She drank like a fish and cussed like a sailor
She was a Hell raisin' soul

Everyone knew Lois, wild Lois
Lois could show you a time, Lord, what a time

All the good people said she was not a Christian
She was footloose and fancy free
She was not a lady but she was a woman
And that's all that mattered to me

Everyone knew Lois, wild, wild Lois
Lois could show you a time, Lord, what a time

I miss her sometimes
Even though she was crazy, oh, girl
She was good for my mind, yes she was
She called me baby all night long
I'm proud to have known Lois Malone

Last week I ran into a old drinkin' buddy
We swapped a story or two
We drank one to a town down in South Alabama (Dothan)
One to an old gal we knew
I said, "Here's one to Lois, wild Lois
Here's one to one-of-a-kind, Lois Malone" woo-hoo
You know yours and I know mine

She called me baby all night long
I'm proud to have known Lois Malone, woo-hoo

Wa-hoo