I Sang Dixie Lyrics

I Sang Dixie

(Dwight Yoakam)

 

 Chorus:

 I sang Dixie as he died

 The people just walked on by as I cried

 The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

 So I sang Dixie as he died

 

 He said way down yonder in the land of cotton

 Old times there aren't near as rotten as they are

 On this damned old L.A. street

 Then he drew a dying breathe

 And laid his head against my chest

 Please Lord, take his soul back home to Dixie

 

 Chorus:

 I sang Dixie as he died

 The people just walked on by as I cried

 The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

 So I sang Dixie as he died

 

 He said listen to me son while you still can

 Run back home to that Southern land

 Don't you see what life here has done to me?

 Then he closed those old blue eyes

 And fell limp against my side

 No more pain, now he's safe back home in Dixie

 

 Chorus:

 I sang Dixie as he died

 The people just walked on by as I cried

 The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

 So I sang Dixie as he died

 I sang Dixie as he died