Drive-By Truckers - Southern Thing

/ southern999x
Drive-By Truckers - THE SOUTHERN THING
(Hood / DBT)
Lyrics:
Ain't about my pistol
Ain't about my boots
Ain't about no northern drives
Ain't about my southern roots
Ain't about my guitars, ain't about my big old amps
"It ain't rained in weeks, but the weather sure feels damp"
Ain't about excuses or alibis
Ain't about no cotton fields or cotton picking lies
Ain't about the races, the crying shame
To the fucking rich man all poor people look the same
Don't get me wrong It just ain't right
May not look strong, but I ain't afraid to fight
If you want to live another day
Stay out the way of the southern thing
Ain't about no hatred better raise a glass
It's a little about some rebels but it ain't about the past
Ain't about no foolish pride, Ain't about no flag
Hate's the only thing that my truck would want to drag
You think I'm dumb, maybe not too bright
You wonder how I sleep at night
Proud of the glory, stare down the shame
Duality of the southern thing
My Great Great Granddad had a hole in his side
He used to tell the story to the family Christmas night
Got shot at Shiloh, thought he'd die alone
From a Yankee bullet, less than thirty miles from home
Ain't no plantations in my family tree
Did NOT believe in slavery, thought that all men should be free
"But, who are these soldiers marching through my land?"
His bride could hear the cannons and she worried about her man
I heard the story as it was passed down
About guts and glory and Rebel stands
Four generations, a whole lot has changed
Robert E. Lee
Martin Luther King
We've come a long way rising from the flame
Stay out the way of the southern thing

[@defaultmodeexitg3285]

The Duality is real

[@hermanmunster714]

What an Opus !

[@aidanobrien1228]

Put this song on loop 🎸🤘🏽

[@shaunkelley2195]

What a wild set of changes.

[@cmcapps1963]

Should be the "a" side with Paisley's "Accidental Racist". Such is the duality of the Southern Thing.

[@55TeleMark]

Says what needs to be said.

[@valentin3037]

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Huija]

great song!!

[@aaronexists4308]

Why are you ungrateful of DBT? It’s called AMazINg song.

[@zachthebruce]

from Patterson Hood in his NYT Magazine article regarding the confederate flag (www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/magazine/the-souths-heritage-is-so-much-more-than-a-flag.html):
"It was only later, when we started playing songs from the album at shows, that we noticed that fans were bringing rebel flags and waving them during a song called “The Southern Thing.” The song was written to express the contradictions of Southern identity:]
Ain’t about no foolish pride, ain’t about no flag
Hate’s the only thing that my truck would want to drag
You think I’m dumb, maybe not too bright
You wonder how I sleep at night
Proud of the glory, stare down the shame
Duality of the Southern Thing.
Instead, people were treating it as a rallying cry. I’m still grappling with how easily it was misinterpreted - and we rarely play it today for that reason."

[@joshhalgren3747]

you're contradicting yourself by using y'all and calling other people dumb

[@MountainGyspy]

Using, Y'all, does not make someone dumb. Some of the most brilliant writers of literature have been from the South, and they used, Y'all, in their everyday language. LOL

[@rayenaouadi3190]

​@@joshhalgren3747 "y'all" is just a contraction of "you all are" if he's dumb for using it that makes you dumb for using the word "you're" instead of "you are"

[@southernson5610]

When men stand against tyranny.

[@sammcottone8979]

Rest in Hell to John King, long live James Bryd

[@anthonycaldeira1030]

✌🏼

[@twistin140]

play the whole song ya lunk head.... ya cut the freakin thing short.

[@ellislogan9293]

No black/white. All grey 🇺🇸 🌍

[@shaunkelley2195]

This guy has been listening to Lemmy...

[@stevelittle9289]

Well.....What the fuck is it about.

[@twowheeledwilly7418]

DBT trying to go woke is such a joke. This is the real DBT.