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Intro
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When I was 15 I dreamed of leaving my home 
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I had to see the world 
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And live like a rolling stone 
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I heard California was paved in gold 
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So I hopped on that train 
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It didn't come easy 
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But I keep thinkin' bout 
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The green grass and missing my home 

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Take me back to my southern ways 
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Where I can be myself and live another day 
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Take me back to my southern ways 
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Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face 
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Oh southern grace 

Me and my boys started a band 
Practiced everyday out on the Hell House land 
Played every honky tonk and this ol' bar 
To sing about Sweet 'Bama 
We were just simple men 
The music is forever 
and the songs will never ever end 

Take me back to my southern ways 
Where I can be myself and live another day 
Take me back to my southern ways 
Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face 

Oh take me back! 

I sit here thinkin' about those days 
I wouldn't change a thing about my life today 
Ain't it funny how time sure flies 
'Cause all I ever wanted and all I ever needed 
WAS YOU 

Take me back to my southern ways 
Where I can be myself and live another day 
Take me back to my southern ways 
Where the tall pines blow and the St. John's flows, and only God - he 

knows, and those southern winds kiss my face