South Side of Summer
Written by Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini, Published by Bonk Zone Music ASCAP ©2021

Ruby came to me and said she wanted a song that had a lazy, end of summer kind of feel. She already had ideas in her head about lyrics. I have always loved Gershwin's "Summertime" (especially by Ella Fitzgerald) and thought of that laid back feel when I came up with the chords and melody. Ruby got it immediately came up with the perfect visual lyrics.
-Billy Carl Mancini

Here’s the way I remember it:
I wrote the words to this song in the dead of winter, longing for the warm days and starry firefly nights I enjoyed on my family farm, and the bounty it provided in late summer. I brought these words to Billy, to see if he could come up with music that captured that lazy, sultry summertime feeling...and of course he did. South Side of Summer is a special time.
-Ruby Bird