Look Away

Bobby took a trip to his Georgia hometown

To the land of dreams and just to have a look around

He parked his car at the courthouse square

But it was like a ghost town, there was nobody there

And Jim's Drugstore was a tanning salon

He asked an old man, "Where's ev'rybody gone?"

He found them out at the shopping center

Where Highway One meets Interstate Twenty

The country boys weren't wearing overalls

They were wearing suits made of camouflage

Southern belles talking like "Valley Girls"

He scratched his head and said, "What in the world?"

R:

Dixie's had a facelift, I guess she's looking better

But I kinda liked the old one, I never will forget her

Look away

Johnny took a trip to his Florida hometown

To the land of his dreams and just to have a look around

At first he thought that he was on the wrong road

'Cause he didn't see any orange groves

Now, trailer parks and condos grew on the land that he once knew

He saw the city limits sign and guessed he'd crossed the city line

There were strangers everywhere he went, with loud sport shirts and strange accents

They took the north and they moved it south, he said, "Shut my redneck mouth!"

R:

Billy took a trip to his Tennessee town

To the land of his dreams and just to have a look around

He drove his car down Music Row

To look up stars he used to know

But the secretaries wouldn't let him in, "Leave your name and call again"

So, he thought he'd get some barbeque at a little place that he once knew

But all he found were sushi bars and dealerships for foreign cars

And buildings that reached for the sky, he said, "Where the hell am I?"

Dixie's had a facelift, I guess she's looking better

But I kinda liked the old one, I never will forget her

Look away, gone away, far away, Dixieland