Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home

I learned to play the flattop on

'Em good old gospel songs

Then I heard about the barrooms

Just across the Georgia line

Where a boy could make a livin'

Playin' guitar late at night

Learn about the ladies

Too young to understand

Why the young girls fall in love

With the boys in the band

When the boys turn to music

The girls just turn away

To some other guitar picker

In some other late night place

Yeah held on to my music

Let the ladies walk away

Took my songs and dreams

To Nashville and then on to L A

Up to New York city all across the USA

I've lost so much

But there's enough of me to say

My home's in Alabama

No matter where I lay my head

My home's in Alabama

Southern born and southern bred

What keeps me goin' I don't really know

Can't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke

Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood

When the people really love you

And let you know when it's good

Oh I'll speak my southern English

As natural as I please

I'm in the heart of Dixie

Dixie's in the heart of me

Someday if I make it

When love finds a way

High on lookout mountain

I'll was with pride and say

That my home's in Alabama

No matter where I lay my head

My home's in Alabama

Southern born and southern bred

Southern born and southern bred

Southern born and southern bred