as i look out through these neon lights

i see a field of fireflies

twinkling on a sultry southern evening

and a far off siren in the night

sounds just like an old bob white

telling me how wrong i was for leaving

cause i still say man when i'm talking to a lady

and i still get chills when i hear dixie play

i got my daddy's pride my momma's eyes

their love and sunshine raised me

and i'm never gonna change my southern ways

now there's a concrete lake in central park

i close my eyes and in the dark

looks just like my daddy's catfish pond

each night i dream of golden hair

a girl that i left waiting there

i wonder if i've stayed away too long

cause i still say man when i'm talking to a lady

and i still get chills when i hear dixie play

i got my daddy's pride my momma's eyes

their love and sunshine raised me

and i'm never gonna change my southern ways

yeah sometimes a boy will let his dreams

take him where he shouldn't be

but i rode mine as long and hard as i could

cause i still say man when i'm talking to a lady

and i still get chills when i hear dixie play

i got my daddy's pride my mama's eyes

their love and sunshine raised me

and i'm never gonna change my southern ways

no i'm never gonna change my southern ways

i ain't ever gonna change my southern ways

my southern way

america into the republic

for which it stands one nation