Passed an old plantation off Hwy. 41 Been around since 1850, way before the Union Built up on a hill, its got a 500-acre But there ain't been no cotton there since Sherman's boys through They've and burned us down we had it comin'
Jumped out of my pickup truck, was something in the wind Filled my soul with empty and a chill across my skin Heard the of a black man hollerin' "Blue" across the field He said "they sold my daughter to keep that mansion on a hill" And I wanted to burn it Aww, but it wouldn't do no
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go in peace We've got trouble here without you haunting me We buried that now we're looking ahead So go on Dixie don't me, I'm tryin' to forget
up to the courthouse that holds the county seat I walked the poplar trees, casting shadows on Main Street I read the old marker I'd seen many times before And after all years I learned what those branches 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 to make me laugh, but now his eyes were filled with pain He got busted sellin' rock there on MLK So the county came and him up and took his kids away Oh, he to seem alright to me Man, I what went wrong
I Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace We've got trouble here without you haunting me We that cross now I'm looking ahead So go on Dixie don't bother me, I'm to forget
Way down yonder in the land of cotton, oh how have changed But I if the truth is marching on Its hard to be a Southern man and your history Cause it all comes back and hits you close to
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go in peace We've got enough trouble here you haunting me We buried that cross now I'm trying to make a So go on Dixie bother me, So go on Dixie don't me, So go on don't bother me, Because I ain't got the