Passed an old home off Hwy. 41 Been around since 1850, way the Union come Built up on a hill, its got a view But there ain't been no there since Sherman's boys marched through They've come and burned us we had it comin'
Jumped out of my pickup truck, there was something in the Filled my soul empty and sent a chill across my skin Heard the of a black man hollerin' "Blue" across the field He said "they sold my only to keep that mansion on a hill" And I wanted to burn it Aww, but it do no good
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in got enough trouble here without you haunting me We buried that now we're looking ahead So go on Dixie bother me, I'm tryin' to forget
Drove up to the courthouse that holds the county I walked underneath the poplar trees, casting shadows on Street I read the old bronze marker I'd seen many before And after all these years I what those branches were for They used to hang 'em here, in the days of ole Jim Crowe
A black man I knew from high school came out in chains He used to me laugh, but now his eyes were filled with pain He got sellin' rock down there on MLK So the county came and locked him up and took his kids Oh, he to seem alright to me Man, I wonder what wrong
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go in peace We've got enough trouble here you haunting me We buried that cross now I'm looking So go on Dixie don't me, I'm tryin' to forget
Way down yonder in the of cotton, oh how times have changed But I wonder if the truth is on Its hard to be a Southern man and learn history Cause it all comes and hits you close to home
I Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace We've got enough here without you haunting me We buried that cross now I'm to make a dime So go on Dixie bother me, So go on Dixie bother me, So go on Dixie don't me, Because I got the time