So Long Dixie

I'm heading off alone, but you should know I'm leaving you behind, but you're with me where I go You've been good to me And far as I can see I never would have got here on my own You taught me how to work and how to play (ooh) You taught me how to cuss and how to pray (ooh) You showed me wrong from right (ooh) When to stand and fight And when it's time to walk away So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go It's awful hard to do with roots this strong You're just on the wrong end of a one way road I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh) I've loved you in my way (ooh) That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh, ooh) I sure, as hell, ain't saying I'm ashamed (ooh, ooh, ooh) I'm proud of where I was born And how I was raised (ooh) You can't erase the past But it ain't meant to last And it's time we start to learn from our mistakes So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go It's awful hard to do with roots this strong You're just on the wrong end of a one way road I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh) I've loved you in my way (ooh) That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh) (Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh) So Long Dixie, it's time to let you go It's awful hard to do with roots this strong You're just on the wrong end of a one way road I know you'll always echo in my song (ooh) I've loved you in my way (ooh) That's why it hurts to say, so long (ooh) I've loved you in my way It hurts to have to say So long