Passed an old plantation off Hwy. 41 Been since 1850, way before the Union come Built up on a hill, its got a view But there been no cotton there since Sherman's boys marched through They've and burned us down Guess we had it
Jumped out of my pickup truck, there was in the wind Filled my soul with empty and sent a chill my skin Heard the ghost of a man hollerin' "Blue" across the field He "they sold my only daughter 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 We've got trouble here without you haunting me We buried cross now we're looking ahead So go on Dixie bother me, I'm tryin' to forget
Drove up to the courthouse that the county seat I walked underneath the poplar trees, casting shadows on Main I read the old marker I'd seen many times before And after all these years I learned what those were for They used to 'em here, back in the days of ole Jim Crowe
A black man I from high school came walkin' 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 away Oh, he to seem alright to me Man, I wonder went wrong
I cried Dixie, go rest in peace We've got trouble here without you haunting me We buried that cross now I'm ahead So go on Dixie don't bother me, I'm to forget
Way down in the land of cotton, oh how times have changed But I if the truth is marching on Its hard to be a Southern man and learn your Cause it all comes and hits you close to home
I cried Dixie, go rest in peace We've got enough trouble without you haunting me We buried that cross now I'm trying to a dime So go on don't bother me, So go on don't bother me, So go on Dixie bother me, Because I got the time