Ain’t Just a Southern Thing Songtext
von Alan Jackson

I left my home in Georgia
Took a dream and a dollar
Went looking for that fortune and fame
Well I found it up in Nashville
With the guitars and the fiddles
Started singing ′cross the U.S. of A

Well I'd played my songs in Georgia
Way down there in Florida
Once or twice in New Orleans
But the sounds I was making
Didn′t know that I'd be taking
Them to places that's so far and strange

But the people really dug it
No matter where we strummed it
I felt that it would be okay
′Cause I learned right away
It ain′t just a southern thang


Now I've played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe
Sung in North and South Dakota
And eastern Oklahoma
And a TV-Show out in L.A.

They got the hats and boots
And them country roots
No matter what state they claim
Yeah the facts are plain
It ain't just a southern thing, y′all

I've seen cowgirls a plenty up in New York City
Milwaukee and in Philly PA
They got the four-wheel drives
On that Minnesota ice
Just like they have in Alabam-a
They′re dancing and they're moving
To the lyrics and the music
From Maui up to Bangor Maine
Lord it may sound strange
But it ain't just a southern thing


Yeah I′ve played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe
Sung in North and South Dakota
And eastern Oklahoma
And a TV-Show out in L.A.

They got the hats and boots
And them country roots
No matter what state they claim
All the facts are plain
It ain't just a southern thing

I′ve played that country music
On the land and the ocean
But people can't say my name
Yeah, the fact remains
It ain′t just a southern thing

Oh I've played up in Chicago
And western Colorado
And we kicked ′em dead in Santa Fe
Sung in North and South Dakota
And eastern Oklahoma
And a TV-Show out in L.A.

Oh they got the hats and boots
And country roots
No matter what state they claim
All the facts are plain
It ain't just a southern thing

Oh, it may sound strange
But it ain't just a southern thing
Yeah the fact remains
It ain′t just a southern thing, y′all