Ain't Just a Southern Thing Alan Jackson
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I left my home in Georgia. Took a dream and a dollarWent looking for that fortune and f
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ameWell I found
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it up in Nashville With the guitars and the fiddlesStarted singing 'cross the U.S. of
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I'd played my songs in Georgia Way down there in FloridaOnce or twice in New Orlea
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nsBut the sounds I was mak
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ingDidn't know that I'd be taking them to places that's so far and s
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ut the people really dug it no matter where we strummed itI felt that it would be
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okCause I lea
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rned right awayIt ain't just a southern tha
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ngNow I've pla
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yed in Chicago and Western ColoradoAnd we kick
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ed 'em dead in Sante FeC
Sung in North and South Dakota And Eastern OklahomaAnd a T
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V show out in LAThey got the hat
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s and boots And them country rootsNo matter what state they cla
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facts are plain ….It ain't just a southern thanG
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I've seen cowgirls a plenty ,Up in New York CityMilwaukee and in Philly P
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wheel drives on that Minnesota iceJust like they have in Alabam
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They're dancing and they're moving, To the lyrics and the musicFrom Maui up to Bangor Ma
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ineLord it may sound stra
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ngeBut it ain't just a southern t
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hangNow I've pla
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yed in Chicago and Western ColoradoAnd we kick
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facts are plain ….It ain't just a southern thanG
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I've played that country music…….On the land and the oceanBut people can't say my na
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fact remains……It ain't just a soG
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plain It ain't just a southern thanG
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sound strange It ain't just a southern thanG
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fact remains It ain't just a southern thang, y'G
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