So Long Dixie

I'm heading off alone, but you should know
I'm leaving you behind, but you're with me where I go
You've been good to me
And far as I can see
I never would have got here on my own

You taught me how to work and how to play (ooh)
You taught me how to cuss and how to pray (ooh)
You showed me wrong from right (ooh)
When to stand and fight
And when it's time to walk away

So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go
It's awful hard to do with roots this strong
You're just on the wrong end of a one way road
I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh)
I've loved you in my way (ooh)
That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh, ooh)

I sure, as hell, ain't saying I'm ashamed (ooh, ooh, ooh)
I'm proud of where I was born
And how I was raised (ooh)
You can't erase the past
But it ain't meant to last
And it's time we start to learn from our mistakes

So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go
It's awful hard to do with roots this strong
You're just on the wrong end of a one way road
I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh)
I've loved you in my way (ooh)
That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh)

(Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh)

So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go
It's awful hard to do with roots this strong
You're just on the wrong end of a one way road
I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh)
I've loved you in my way (ooh)
That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh)

I've loved you in my way
It hurts to have to say
So long