LYRICS: Sugar White

They called me Honey before I knew my name,
Barefoot baby in the Florida rain,
Mama’s porch light, cicadas singing low,
Sugar white sand under my ten-year-old toes.
South Walton mornings, sun comin’ up slow,
That Gulf water shimmerin’ emerald glow,
Clear as my dreams, wild and free,
Yeah, that shoreline raised a little girl like me.
Salt in my hair, sun on my skin,
Every wave sayin’, “Girl, jump in.”

I grew up where the sand looks like sugar and snow,
Where the water shines green like a bottle of hope,
From Grayton Beach to Seaside nights,
Bonfires burnin’ under string lights,
Dune Allen days, Alys white walls,
Rosemary stars when the evening falls,
That’s where my heart still runs to—
I’m Honey, yeah, sugar white’s where I grew.

Learned to dance at the Red Bar late,
Bare wooden floors and a hand-painted sign,
Daddy clappin’ time to a songwriters tune,
Mama laughin’ like it’s half past June.
Old bikes cruisin’ down 30A,
Wind in my dress, couldn’t wait to stay,
Every town had a story to tell,
Every goodbye rang like a chapel bell.
If I ever got lost or felt too far gone,
That shoreline sang my favorite song.

I grew up where the sand looks like sugar and snow,
Where the water shines green like a bottle of hope,
From Grayton Beach to Seaside nights,
Bonfires burnin’ under string lights,
Dune Allen days, Alys white walls,
Rosemary stars when the evening falls,
That’s where my heart still runs to—
I’m Honey, yeah, sugar white’s where I grew.

I’ve been places, chased neon dreams,
But nothin’ hits like that emerald green,
If heaven’s got a front-row view,
I bet it looks like South Walton too.

Yeah, I grew up where the sand looks like sugar and snow,
Where the water shines green and the good times flow,
From Grayton Beach to Seaside nights,
Every mile feels like home tonight,
Dune Allen days, Alys white walls,
Rosemary stars when the evening falls,

No matter where life pulls me through,
I’m Honey—sugar white’s where I grew.
So if you’re lookin’ for me when the world feels blue,
Follow the sun to that emerald view,
South Walton County, my forever truth—
Yeah, I’m Honey… sugar white’s where I grew.