Well this life that I've lead. has took me everywhere. There ain't no place. I ain't never gone. But it's kind of life the saying. that you heard so many times. Well there just ain't no place like home. Did you ever see a she-gator. protect her young. Or a fish in a river swimming free. Did you ever see the beauty. of the hills of Carolina. Or the sweetness of the grass. in Tennessee. And Lord I can't make any changes. All I can do. is write 'em in a song. 'Cause I can see. the concrete slowly creepin'. Lord take me and mine before that comes. Do you like to see. a mountain stream a-flowin'. Do you like to see a youngun with his dog. Did you ever stop to think about. well the air you're breathin'. Well you better listen to my song. And Lord I can't make any changes. All I can do. is write 'em in a song. 'Cause I can see. the concrete slowly creepin'. Lord take me and mine before that comes. I'm not tryin'. to put down no big cities. But the things they write about us. is just a bore. Well you can take a boy out of ol' Dixieland. But you'll never take ol' Dixie from a boy. And Lord I can't make any changes. All I can do. is write 'em in a song. 'Cause I can see. the concrete slowly creepin'. Lord take me and mine before that comes. 'Cause I can see. the concrete slowly creepin'. Lord take me and mine before that comes