I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

Wood frame house and gravel driveway
Willow trees and old front porch
Just outside the city limits
On the highway 34

Yeah, I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

And having tobacco growing on the roadside
Rolled it up and we smoked it down
Don’t do much, but it makes you feel big
When you’re ten years old in a tiny town

Yeah, I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
Yeah, I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

Have a chicken pen right in the backyard
Clothes line running east to west
Butter bean and Tomato garden
Six days and a Sunday rest

Yeah, I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

Summertime, hot and hazy
Bare feet and a water hose
Melon rind on a country table
Lightning bugs when the sun goes down

I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

And the holy ghost on a Sunday morning
Gospel songs and a Bible read
Sunday lunch at mamma’s table
Thank the Lord and break the bread

I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

Screened in porch right at the backdoor
Washing machine and an old wood stove
Mamma’s singing in the kitchen
Rolling homemade biscuit dough

I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
Yeah, I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find

When I’m old and Heaven’s calling
And they come to carry me away
Just lay me down, down in south land
Bury me in the Georgia clay

Yeah, I was born on the Dixie Highway, red clay and Georgia pines
I was raised on the Dixie Highway, no sweeter place you’ll ever find
No sweeter place you’ll ever find
No sweeter place you’ll ever find