Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
I learned to play the Flattop on good old' gospel songs
Then I heard about the bar rooms just across the Georgia line
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night

I had to learn about the ladies, 'cos I was 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

Yea, I held on to my music, I let the ladies walk away
I took my songs and dreams to Nashville and moved on to L.A
Up to New York city, all across to USA
I lost so much of me, but there's enough of me to say

That my home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, southern born and southern bred

Well, what keeps me goin', I don't really know
Ain't just the money, Lord knows, I'm always broke
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
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Well I'll speak my southern English just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it, when luck finds a way
Somewhere high on lookout mountain
I'll just smile with pride and say

That my home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred

Ohh yea

And your home's in Alabama, no matter where you lay your head
Your home's in Alabama, southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred
Southern born and southern bred

Ohh, yea, yea