My Homes In Alabama (Single Edit)
Drinkin was forbidden
In my Christian country home
I learned to play the flattop
On them good ol Gospel songs
Then I heard about the barrooms
Just across the Georgia line
Where a boy could make a livin
Playin guitar late at night.
Had to learn about the ladies;
Too young to understand
Why the young girls fall in love
With the boys in the band
When the boys turn to music,
The girls just turn away
To some other guitar picker
In some other late night place.
Yeah, I held on to my music;
I let the ladies walk away
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville
Then I moved on to L.A.
Up to New York City,
All across the USA
I lost so much of me
But theres enough of me to say, that my..
Chorus:
Homes in Alabama,
No matter where I lay my head
My homes in Alabama,
Southern born and Southern bred.
What keeps me goin
I dont really know
Cant be the money
Lord knows Im always broke
Could it be the satisfaction
Of bein understood
When the people really love ya
And let you know when its good
Oh Ill speak my Southern English
Just as natural as I please
Im in the heart of Dixie,
Dixies in the heart of me
And someday when I make it,
When love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain
Ill just smile with pride and say, that my
Homes in Alabama ,
No matter where I lay my head
My homes in Alabama,
Southern born and southernbred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
And my homes in Alabama,
No matter where I lay my head
My homes in Alabama,
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred...