Goodbye Dixie Lyrics by Corey Smith
Corey Smith Lyrics
(Whistling Dixie)
Passed an old plantation home off Hwy. 41
Been around since 1850, way before the Union come
Built up on a hill, its got a 500-acre view
But there ainât been no cotton there since Shermanâs boys marched through
Theyâve come and burned us down
Guess we had it cominâ
(Whistling Dixie)
Jumped out of my pickup truck, there was something in the wind
Filled my soul with empty and sent a chill across my skin
Heard the ghost of a black man hollerinâ âBlueâ across the field
He said âthey sold my only daughter to keep that mansion on a hillâ
And I wanted to burn it down
Aww, but it wouldnât do no good
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
Weâve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now weâre looking ahead
So go on Dixie donât bother me, Iâm tryinâ to forget
Drove up to the courthouse that holds the county seat
I walked underneath the poplar trees, casting shadows on Main Street
I read the old bronze marker Iâd seen many times before
And after all these years I learned what those branches were for
They used to hang âem here, back in the days of ole Jim Crowe
A black man I knew from high school came walkinâ out in chains
He used to make me laugh, but now his eyes were filled with pain
He got busted sellinâ rock down there on MLK
So the county came and locked him up and took his kids away
Oh, he used to seem alright to me
Man, I wonder what went wrong
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
Weâve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now Iâm looking ahead
So go on Dixie donât bother me, Iâm tryinâ to forget
Way down yonder in the land of cotton, oh how times have changed
But I wonder if the truth is marching on
Its hard to be a Southern man and learn your history
Cause it all comes back and hits you close to home
I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
Weâve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now Iâm trying to make a dime
So go on Dixie donât bother me,
So go on Dixie donât bother me,
So go on Dixie donât bother me,
Because I ainât got the time
Corey Smith Chords
|
Corey Smith Chords
|