I seen the bright lights of Memphis
 And the Commodore Hotel
 And it was there beneath the streetlamp
 Where I met a southern belle
 Well she took me to the river
 Where she cast her spell
 And it was 'neath that Memphis moonlight
 She sang this song so well

 If you'll be my Dixie chicken
 I'll be your Tennessee lamb
 And we can walk together
 Down in Dixie land
 Down in Dixie land

 We hit all the hotspots
 My money flowed like wine
 Till the lowdown southern whiskey
 Began to fog my mind
 Well I don't remember church bells
 Or the money I put down
 On the white picket fence and boardwalk
 At the house on the edge of town
 Now but boy do I remember
 The strain of her refrain
 And the nights we spent together
 And the way she called my name

 If you'll be my Dixie chicken
 I'll be your Tennessee lamb
 And we can walk together
 Down in Dixie land
 Down in Dixie land

 It's been a year since she ran away
 Guess that guitar player sure could play
 She always liked to sing along
 He was always handy with a song
 Then one night in the lobby
 Of the Commodore Hotel
 I by chance met a bartender
 Who said he knew her well
 And as he handed me a drink
 He began to hum a song
 And all the boys there at the bar
 Began to sing along

 If you'll be my Dixie chicken
 I'll be your Tennessee lamb
 And we can walk together
 Down in Dixie land
 Down in Dixie land

 If you'll be my Dixie chicken
 I'll be your Tennessee lamb
 And we can walk together
 Down in Dixie land
 Down in Dixie land