Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dwight Yoakam
Acoustic Guitar
Flaco Jimenez
Accordion
Pete Anderson
Electric Guitar
Brantley Kearns
Background Vocals
Jim Lauderdale
Background Vocals
Taras Prodaniuk
Bass Guitar
Jeff Donavan
Drums
Dusty Wakeman
Percussion
Don Reed
Fiddle
Tom Brumley
Pedal Steel Guitar
Skip Edwards
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dwight Yoakam
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pete Anderson
Producer
Charlie Paakkari
Additional Engineer
Peter Doell
Assistant Engineer
Michael Dumas
Assistant Producer
Dusty Wakeman
Mixing Engineer
Eddie Schreyer
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
I sang Dixie
As he died
People just walked on by
As I cried
The bottle had robbed him
Of all his Rebel pride
So I sang Dixie
As he died
Said way down yonder
In the land of cotton
Old times there
Ain't near as rotten
As they are
On this damned old L.A. street
Then he drew a dying breath
Laid his head 'gainst my chest
Please Lord, take his soul
Back home to Dixie
And I sang Dixie
As he died
People just walked on by
As I cried
The bottle had robbed him
Of all his Rebel pride
So I sang Dixie
As he died
He said
"Listen to me son while you still can"
"Run back home to that Southern land!"
"Don't you see what life here has done to me?"
Then he closed those old blue eyes
Fell limp against my side
No more pain
Now he's safe back home in Dixie
And I sang Dixie
As he died
People just walked on by
As I cried
The bottle had robbed him
Of all his Rebel pride
So I sang Dixie
As he died
I sang Dixie
As he died
Writer(s): Dwight David Yoakam
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