Released: November 6, 2015
Songwriter: Alan Jackson
Producer: Alan Jackson
[Verse 1]
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 so strange
But the people really dug it
No matter where we strummed it
I felt it would be OK
‘Cos I learned right away
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Chorus]
Now I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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!
[Verse 2]
I’ve seen cowgirls a plenty up in NYC
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!
[Chorus]
Yeah I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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!
[Bridge]
I’ve played that country music
On the land and on the ocean
But people can’t say my name
Yeah, the fact remains
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Chorus]
Oh I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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
Oh the facts are plain
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Outro]
Oh, it may sound strange
It ain’t just a southern thing!
Yeah the fact remains
It 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 so strange
But the people really dug it
No matter where we strummed it
I felt it would be OK
‘Cos I learned right away
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Chorus]
Now I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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!
[Verse 2]
I’ve seen cowgirls a plenty up in NYC
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!
[Chorus]
Yeah I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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!
[Bridge]
I’ve played that country music
On the land and on the ocean
But people can’t say my name
Yeah, the fact remains
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Chorus]
Oh I’ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ‘em dead in Santé 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
Oh the facts are plain
It ain’t just a southern thing!
[Outro]
Oh, it may sound strange
It ain’t just a southern thing!
Yeah the fact remains
It ain’t just a southern thing!
more tracks from the album
Genuine - The Alan Jackson Story
- The Star-Spangled Banner (Live)
- Monday Morning Church
- Too Much Of A Good Thing
- That’d Be Alright
- Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
- Work In Progress
- Drive (For Daddy Gene)
- The Blues Man
- Pop A Top
- Where I Come From
- When Somebody Loves You
- A House With No Curtains
- A Woman’s Love
- Like Red On A Rose
- Good Time
- Small Town Southern Man
- Seguro Que Hell Yes
- Wings
- If Tears Could Talk
- Born Too Late
- Love is Hard
- Ain’t Just A Southern Thing
- Seven Bridges Road (Live)
- Tall, Tall Trees
- I’ll Try
- It Must Be Love
- Sissy’s Song
- Country Boy
- There Goes
- Between The Devil And Me
- I’ll Go On Loving You
- Dallas
- Don’t Rock The Jukebox
- Home
- I’d Love You All Over Again
- Wanted
- Blue Blooded Woman
- Here In The Real World
- Remember When
- As She’s Walking Away
- Who’s Cheatin’ Who
- It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
- Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Love’s Got A Hold On You
- Someday
- Little Man
- Gone Crazy
- Right On The Money
- Little Bitty
- I Don’t Even Know Your Name
- Gone Country
- Livin’ On Love
- Summertime Blues
- Mercury Blues
- (Who Says) You Can’t Have It All
- Tonight I Climbed The Wall
- She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)
- Chattahoochee
From the album
Alan Jackson popular songs
- The Older I Get
- Chattahoochee
- It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
- Remember When
- Drive (For Daddy Gene)
- Good Time
- Where I Come From
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
- I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You
- Country Boy
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Like Red On A Rose
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Freight Train
- A Million Ways To Die
- Amazing Grace
- Little Bitty
- The Blues Man
- Livin’ On Love
- Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow
- Who’s Cheatin’ Who
- Dixie Highway
- That’s What I’d Be Like Without You