The Southern Thing-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:The Southern Thing] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:Southern Rock Opera CD1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Southern Thing - Drive-By Truckers [00:12.10]Songs Title：the southern thing [00:24.20]Ain't about my pistol [00:25.01] [00:26.01]Ain't about my boots [00:27.00] [00:28.25]Ain't about no northern drives [00:29.87] [00:30.50]Ain't about my southern roots [00:31.68] [00:32.87]Ain't about my guitars ain't about my big old amps [00:36.68] [00:37.49]＂It ain't rained in weeks but the weather sure feels damp＂ [00:41.17] [00:42.48]Ain't about excuses or alibis [00:45.10] [00:47.03]Ain't about no cotton fields or cotton picking lies [00:50.34] [00:51.66]Ain't about the races the crying shame [00:55.22] [00:56.53]To the f**king rich man all poor people look the same [00:59.90] [01:03.95]Don't get me wrong It just ain't right [01:09.82] [01:13.25]May not look strong but I ain't afraid to fight [01:19.11] [01:22.61]If you want to live another day [01:28.32] [01:29.19]Stay out the way of the southern thing [01:32.25]Ain't about no hatred better raise a glass [01:34.37] [01:35.87]It's a little about some rebels but it ain't about the past [01:39.49] [01:40.92]Ain't about no foolish pride Ain't about no flag [01:44.23] [01:45.23]Hate's the only thing that my truck would want to drag [01:49.22] [01:52.90]You think I'm dumb maybe not too bright [01:58.39] [02:02.07]You wonder how I sleep at night [02:07.78] [02:11.35]Proud of the glory stare down the shame [02:17.15] [02:17.70]Duality of the southern thing [02:19.40] [02:39.55]My Great Great Granddad had a hole in his side [02:43.67]He used to tell the story to the family Christmas night [02:47.16] [02:48.85]Got shot at Shiloh thought he'd die alone [02:51.78] [02:53.21]From a Yankee bullet less than thirty miles from home [02:56.58] [02:58.14]Ain't no plantations in my family tree [03:01.08] [03:02.20]Did NOT believe in slavery thought that all men should be free [03:06.07] [03:07.31]＂But who are these soldiers marching through my land ＂ [03:11.74]His bride could hear the cannons and she worried about her man [03:15.18] [03:19.04]I heard the story as it was passed down [03:24.85] [03:28.22]About guts and glory and Rebel stands [03:33.83] [03:37.45]Four generations a whole lot has changed [03:43.80] [03:46.74]Robert E Lee [03:48.42] [03:51.54]Martin Luther King [03:52.41] [03:55.97]We've come a long way rising from the flame [04:01.52] [04:02.59]Stay out the way of the southern thing