Well the grass grows greener down south And the tea is sweeter down south The girls are tanner Down in lower Alabama And we got them Georgia peaches down south Way down south They're brewin' white lightnin' down south And the fish they're always bitin' down south The joints are jukin And the soul food's cookin' We get down on some grits down south Down south Chorus: Please play Dixie when I die Lay me down beneath that Mason Dixon Line We drink from dixie cups down south And we'll sure jack up a truck down south Football's a religion Mama's always in the kitchen That's just the way it is down south Way down south Well we got them crazy Cajuns down south Don't you feed them alligators down south You better watch your mouth When a woman comes around We love our southern belles down south Chorus: Please play Dixie when I die Lay me down beneath that big ol Georgia Pine I was born and raised down south And I'm sure enough gonna stay down south So write my name in stone When you bury all my bones I'm gonna rest in peace down south Down south Down south Hell Elvis is alive down south Down south Down south The (Florida band is?) still rockin' down south Down south Down south Yeah cotton is king down south Down south Down south Hell country music was born down south Down south Way on down south Yeah them guitars are ringin' way down south Oh Hank Jr he's a singin' down south Yeah