Drive-by Truckers Birmingham Lyrics

Birmingham Lyrics

Economics shut the furnace down



Bull Connor hosing children down



George Wallace stared them Yankee's down



In Birmingham







Take a left on the interstate



In the middle of this sultry state



I can't wait to see your face



In Birmingham







"I don't think it was worth it"



the last thing Stanley said to me



Twenty four years then a bullet in the chest and 



I still see him in my sleep



Fifteen dollars in the purse He could not save



Her family didn't buy a stone to mark his grave



"Give me a call, if you need a place to stay in Birmingham"



Birmingham







Most of my family came from Birmingham



I can feel their presence on the street



Vulcan Park has seen it's share of troubled times



But the city won't admit defeat



Magic City's magic getting stronger



Dynamite Hill ain't on fire any longer



No man should ever have to feel He don't belong in Birmingham



Birmingham