Goodbye Dixie Lyrics

(Whistling Dixie)

Passed an old plantation home off Hwy. 41
Been around since 1850, way before the Union come
Built up on a hill, its got a 500-acre view
But there ain�t been no cotton there since Sherman�s boys marched through
They�ve come and burned us down
Guess we had it comin�

(Whistling Dixie)

Jumped out of my pickup truck, there was something in the wind
Filled my soul with empty and sent a chill across my skin
Heard the ghost of a black man hollerin� �Blue� across the field
He said �they sold my only daughter to keep that mansion on a hill�
And I wanted to burn it down
Aww, but it wouldn�t do no good

I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
We�ve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now we�re looking ahead
So go on Dixie don�t bother me, I�m tryin� to forget

Drove up to the courthouse that holds the county seat
I walked underneath the poplar trees, casting shadows on Main Street
I read the old bronze marker I�d seen many times before
And after all these years I learned what those branches were for
They used to hang �em here, back in the days of ole Jim Crowe

A black man I knew from high school came walkin� out in chains
He used to make me laugh, but now his eyes were filled with pain
He got busted sellin� rock down there on MLK
So the county came and locked him up and took his kids away
Oh, he used to seem alright to me
Man, I wonder what went wrong

I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
We�ve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now I�m looking ahead
So go on Dixie don�t bother me, I�m tryin� to forget

Way down yonder in the land of cotton, oh how times have changed
But I wonder if the truth is marching on
Its hard to be a Southern man and learn your history
Cause it all comes back and hits you close to home

I cried Goodbye Dixie, go rest in peace
We�ve got enough trouble here without you haunting me
We buried that cross now I�m trying to make a dime
So go on Dixie don�t bother me,
So go on Dixie don�t bother me,
So go on Dixie don�t bother me,
Because I ain�t got the time