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 id played my songs in georgia way down there in florida once or twice in new orleans but the sounds i was making didnt know that id be taking them to places thats so far and so strange but the people really dug it no matter where we strummed it i felt it would be ok cos i learned right away it aint just a southern thing now ive played up in chicago and western colorado and we kicked em dead in sant 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 aint just a southern thing ive seen cowgirls a plenty up in nyc milwaukee and in philly pa they got the four wheel drives on that minnesota ice just like they have in alabam a theyre dancing and theyre moving to the and the music from maui up to bangor maine lord it may sound strange but it aint just a southern thing yeah ive played up in chicago and western colorado and we kicked em dead in sant 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 aint just a southern thing  ive played that country music on the land and on the ocean but people cant say my name yeah the fact remains it aint just a southern thing oh ive played up in chicago and western colorado and we kicked em dead in sant 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 oh the facts are plain it aint just a southern thing oh it may sound strange it aint just a southern thing yeah the fact remains it aint just a southern thing 