Apparently the genesis of this song came when she was driving by herself down to a recording gig in Nashville, and passed through a little hick town called Meridian Mississippi. The name had a rhythm that appealed to her, and she started to come up with rhymes, like Gideon, Lillian, etc. The soil in the area was mostly red clay. By the time she got to Nashville she'd pretty much written the entire song.
Apparently the genesis of this song came when she was driving by herself down to a recording gig in Nashville, and passed through a little hick town called Meridian Mississippi. The name had a rhythm that appealed to her, and she started to come up with rhymes, like Gideon, Lillian, etc. The soil in the area was mostly red clay. By the time she got to Nashville she'd pretty much written the entire song.