Karaoké Ain't Just a Southern Thing Alan Jackson

I left my home in Georgia took a dream and a dollar

Went looking for that fortune and fame

Well I found it up in Nashville with the guitars and the fiddles

Started singing 'cross the U.S. of A

Well I'd played my songs in Georgia

Way down there in Florida once or twice in New Orleans

But the sounds I was making didn't know that I'd be taking them to places that's so far and strange

But the people really dug it no matter where we strummed it

I felt that it would be OK

'Cos I learned right away it ain't just a southern thing

Now I've played in Chicago and western Colorado

And we kicked 'em dead in Sante Fe

Sung in North and South Dakota

And Eastern Oklahoma and a TV show out in L.A.

They got the hats and boots and them country roots

No matter what state they claim

Yeah the facts are plain it ain't just a southern thing y'all

I've seen cowgirls a plenty up in New York city

Milwaukee and in Philly PA

They got the four wheel drives on that Minnesota ice

Just like they have in Alabam-a

They're dancing and they're moving to the lyrics and the music from Maui up to Bangor Maine

Lord it may sound strange but it ain't just a southern thing

Yeah I've played in Chicago and western Colorado

And we kicked 'em dead in Sante Fe

Sung in North and South Dakota

And Eastern Oklahoma and a TV show out in L.A.

They got the hats and boots and them country roots

No matter what state they claim

Oh the facts are plain it ain't just a southern thing

I've played that country music on the land and the ocean but people can't say my name

Yeah the fact remains it ain't just a southern thing

Oh I've played in Chicago and western Colorado

And we kicked 'em dead in Sante Fe

Sung in North and South Dakota

And Eastern Oklahoma and a TV show out in L.A.

Oh they got the hats and boots and country roots

No matter what state they claim

Oh the facts are plain it ain't just a southern thing

Oh it may sound strange it ain't just a southern thing

Yeah the fact remains it ain't just a southern thing y'all