Last fall we elected the man from plains 

 and there was lots of talk about a great big chance

 but the Atlanta Braves still loose to many games 

 and the new south thank God is still the same

 old Nashville's still got a song and dance 

 and the Florida girls still wear no underpants

 and we all get drunk at the football games

 and the new south thank God is still the same

 Now my old grandaddy he still farms the land

 and down in miami they voted in the all over tan

 and I'm hooked on those Carolina dreams 

 and the new south thank God is still the same

 

 The new south is still the same and I'm so glad of it 

 I don't want no little ol danish rolls I must have ham and grits

 and my woman does look good in her t-shirt standin in the georgia rain

 and the new south thank god is still the same

 

 Now my boston girl she's read in the New York Times

 that it would vary she now to speak southern lines

 don't she sound kinda funny when she says ya'll come agane

 and the new south thank god is still the same

 and my boston girl says she likes it down here by the river bank 

 and the new south thank god is still the same

 

 The new south is still the same and I'm so glad of it 

 I don't want no little ol danish rolls I must have ham and grits

 and my woman does look good in her t-shirt standin in the georgia rain

 and the new south thank god is still the same

 

 and my boston girl says she likes it down here by the river bank 

 with ol hank 

 and the new south thank god is still the same ya'll come again