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Southern is How I'll Stay

(Brian Hendrix)

Just a fun, upbeat song about being from the Southern United States. A lot of people in the cities look down on southern life, but we in the south typically want nothing to do with those big, crowded cities.

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Yeah, I'm your basic kind of south'ner 
The city slickers don't know what that means
I'm just a-rockin' with my rifle 
And a big glass of sweet tea 
I got a hound dog chasin' a possum 
Gettin' lost in the fields of corn 
A torn, faded flag been flying on our land
Before my daddy was born 

(Chorus) 
I don't want none of your buildings 
And your crowded, shovin' ways 
I like to look up and see the stars
Not a blanket of gray haze 
I like the fresh, clean air, I can drink from the creek 
And it's safe for the kids to play 
Pick-ups, moonshine and girls who'll shoot 
I think southern is how I'll stay 

Man, save me some of that cornbread 
Put it in a brown paper bag to go 
Pick up my baby in her cut-off shorts
And we're off to the fishin' hole 
We ain't stayin' out too late tonight
Gotta get our butts to church 'fore noon
The women teachin' children "Jesus loves me" 
And warnin' them he's coming soon 

(Chorus)

© Brian Hendrix 2021

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