I Sang Dixie - Dwight Yoakam

I sang Dixie as he died

The people just walked on by as I cried

The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

So I sang Dixie as he died

He said way down yonder in the land of cotton

Old times there ain’t near as rotten as they are

On this damned old LA street

Then he drew a dying breath and laid his head against my chest

Please Lord take his soul back home to Dixie

I sang Dixie as he died

People just walked on by as I cried

The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

So I sang Dixie as he died

He said listen to me son while you still can

Run back home to that southern land

Don’t you see what life here has done to me

Then he closed those old blue eyes and fell limp against my side

No more pain now he’s safe back home in Dixie

I sang Dixie as he died.

People just walked on by as I cried

The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride

I sang Dixie as he died

I sang Dixie as he died