Erin Hay - Redneck, Alabama lyrics

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( Lonnie Ratliff / Erin Hay )

(Verse 1)

She never liked the way that Alabama clay

Would cling when it stuck to her bare feet

One more heavy burden, tellin' her for certain

She's in Redneck, Alabama on a dead end street

(Verse 2)

Raised up like an outcast heard 'em whisper white trash

But words alone she knows don't make it so

Mem'ries will remind her they could have all been kinder

But in Redneck, Alabama that's the way it goes

(Chorus)

In Redneck, Alabama

There's no sweet home memories

When you're sixteen and pretty

All you know is you gotta leave

And there's a man in a Cadillac

With a hundred dollar bill

Out of Redneck, Alabama

The roads all run uphill

(Bridge)

She tucks that hundred dollar bill into her dimestore purse

Leaves yesterday behind and prays tomorrow won't be worse

(Repeat Chorus)