A Dream Of Dixie

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A Dream Of Dixie (© 2010 Thompson) NOT TOO LONG AGO AND NOT SO VERY FAR AWAY DEEP DOWN IN THE SOUTH LIVED THE GHOST OF YESTERDAY THROUGH MISTY AIR CAME A HOLLOW EVIL SOUND AND THAT POOR OLD GHOST CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUTTA TOWN…..YEAH IN THE HEART OF DIXIE, WHERE THE MILK AND HONEY FLOW THE BIG BOYS USE TO HAVE IT ALL, ‘TIL THE DEVIL TOOK THEIR SOULS THESE DAYS OUT ON THE SQUARE, THE CASTLE’S BURNING DOWN THE FUTURE SNUCK UP FROM BEHIND……WITHOUT A SOUND WAY DOWN IN DIXIE AN EVIL STRANGER DRIFTED IN DEALT EIGHTS AND ACES AT THE TABLE AND THE GOOD TIME COWBOY MET HIS END (DOWN IN DIXIE) I DREAMED I WAS IN DIXIE; I WENT LOOKING FOR MYSELF BY THE TIME I FOUND ME, THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IT SEEMS ALL THE PEOPLE HAD CAUGHT THE EARLY TRAIN LEFT ME STANDING DOWN ON BROADWAY, SINGING IN THE RAIN WAY DOWN IN DIXIE, AN EVIL STRANGER DRIFTED IN DEALT EIGHTS AND ACES AT THE TABLE AND THE GOOD TIME COWBOY MET HIS END (TOOK A BULLET FROM A FRIEND) WHAT WOULD HANK DO IF HE ONLY KNEW WHY, HE’D ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE WAY DOWN IN DIXIE, AN EVIL STRANGER DRIFTED IN DEALT EIGHTS AND ACES AT THE TABLE AND THE GOOD TIME COWBOY MET HIS END (TOOK A BULLET FROM A FRIEND) OH, DOWN IN DIXIE YEAH, I DREAMED OF DIXIE I HAD A DREAM OF DIXIELAND