Ain't Just a Southern Thing

I left my home in Georgia Took a dream and a dollar Went looking for that fortune and fame Well I found it up in Nashville With the guitars and the fiddles Started singing ′cross the U.S. of A Well I'd played my songs in Georgia Way down there in Florida Once or twice in New Orleans But the sounds I was making Didn′t know that I'd be taking Them to places that's so far and strange But the people really dug it No matter where we strummed it I felt that it would be okay ′Cause I learned right away It ain′t just a southern thang Now I've played up in Chicago And western Colorado And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe Sung in North and South Dakota And eastern Oklahoma And a TV-Show out in L.A. They got the hats and boots And them country roots No matter what state they claim Yeah the facts are plain It ain't just a southern thing, y′all I've seen cowgirls a plenty up in New York City Milwaukee and in Philly PA They got the four-wheel drives On that Minnesota ice Just like they have in Alabam-a They′re dancing and they're moving To the lyrics and the music From Maui up to Bangor Maine Lord it may sound strange But it ain't just a southern thing Yeah I′ve played up in Chicago And western Colorado And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe Sung in North and South Dakota And eastern Oklahoma And a TV-Show out in L.A. They got the hats and boots And them country roots No matter what state they claim All the facts are plain It ain't just a southern thing I′ve played that country music On the land and the ocean But people can't say my name Yeah, the fact remains It ain′t just a southern thing Oh I've played up in Chicago And western Colorado And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe Sung in North and South Dakota And eastern Oklahoma And a TV-Show out in L.A. Oh they got the hats and boots And country roots No matter what state they claim All the facts are plain It ain't just a southern thing Oh, it may sound strange But it ain't just a southern thing Yeah the fact remains It ain′t just a southern thing, y′all