Lyrics

[Intro] So somethin' y'all might not know about me is, uh I'm very proud to be from Alabama and to be from the south I don't hide it very well And uh, I think a lot of people in the world have a misconception About what it means to be southern and what it means to be proud to be southern And I wrote this song about that, and, uh, I just I hope that people take it the way I mean it, and I hope they, uh They realize that down here, what we value is shakin' peoples' hand And lookin' 'em in the eye and sayin' "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am" And treatin' people with a certain level of respect So I wrote this song to try to tell people that story It's called "That's My Dixie" [Verse 1] There's folks out there that'll judge a man By the color of his skin Still a fight over wrong and right That no one ever wins I know somewhere there's hate out there But don't hold that against me Ooh, 'cause that ain't my Dixie [Chorus] It's who I am, Mr. Give-A-Damn For the ones that came before me It's the broken part of a southern heart It's more than just Old Glory It's a state of mind as deep and wide And strong like the Mississippi We sing "Amazing Grace" and curse the heat Yeah, that's my Dixie [Verse 2] Nowadays, you just can't believe What you see on the news 'Round here, we ain't just Black and White 'Cause we're all red, white, and blue They're turnin' these towns into battle grounds And that don't sit well with me Ooh, 'cause that ain't my Dixie [Chorus] It's who I am, Mr. Give-A-Damn For the ones that came before me It's the broken part of a southern heart It's more than just Old Glory It's a state of mind as deep and wide And strong like the Mississippi We sing "Amazing Grace" and curse the heat Yeah, that's my Dixie [Bridge] It's homemade pies and Georgia pines Old bird dogs and Spanish moss It's mama's tea that's way too sweet It's "come on in and have a seat" Yeah, that's my Dixie [Chorus] It's who I am, Mr. Give-A-Damn For the ones that came before me It's the broken part of a southern heart It's more than just Old Glory It's a state of mind as deep and wide And strong like the Mississippi We sing "Amazing Grace" and curse that Alabama heat Yeah, that's my Dixie [Outro] Thank y'all very much