Ain't Just A Southern Thing

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! 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! 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! 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! 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! 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! Oh, it may sound strange It ain't just a southern thing! Yeah the fact remains It ain't just a southern thing!