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