Well this life that I´ve lead has took me everywhere
There ain´t no place I ain´t never gone
But its kind of like the saying that you heard so many times
Well there just ain´t no plae like home
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her young
Or a fish in a river swimming free
Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina
Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennessee
And Lord I can´t make any changes
All I can do is write ´em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin´
Lord take me and mine before that comes

Do you like to see a mountain stream a-flowin´
Do you like to see a youngun with his dog
Did you ever stop to think about, well, the air your breathin´
Well you better listen to my song
And Lord I can´t make any changes
All I can do is write ´em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin´
Lord take me and mine before that comes

I´m not tryin´ to put down no big cities
But the things they write about us is just a bore
Well you can take a boy out of ol´ Dixieland
But you´ll never take ol´ Dixie from a boy
And Lord I can´t make any changes
All I can do is write ´em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin´
Lord take me and mine before that comes
´Cause I can see the concrete slowly creepin´
Lord take me and mine before that comes