I Sang Dixie

I sang Dixie
 As he died
 People just walked on by
 As I cried
 The bottle had robbed him
 Of all his Rebel pride
 So I sang Dixie
 As he died
 Said way down yonder
 In the land of cotton
 Old times there
 Ain't near as rotten
 As they are
 On this damned old L.A. street
 Then he drew a dying breath
 Laid his head 'gainst my chest
 Please Lord, take his soul
 Back home to Dixie
 And I sang Dixie
 As he died
 People just walked on by
 As I cried
 The bottle had robbed him
 Of all his Rebel pride
 So I sang Dixie
 As he died
 He said
 "Listen to me son while you still can"
 "Run back home to that Southern land!"
 "Don't you see what life here has done to me?"
 Then he closed those old blue eyes
 Fell limp against my side
 No more pain
 Now he's safe back home in Dixie
 And I sang Dixie
 As he died
 People just walked on by
 As I cried
 The bottle had robbed him
 Of all his Rebel pride
 So I sang Dixie
 As he died
 I sang Dixie
 As he died