There's a southern accent, where I come from   The young uns call it country the Yankees call it dumb   I got my own way of talkin'   But everything is done, with a southern accent, where I come from      Now that drunk tank in Atlanta was just a motel room to me   I think I might go work Orlando if them orange groves don't freeze   I've got my own way of workin'   But everything is run, with a southern accent, where I come from      For just a minute there I was dreamin'   For just a minute it was all so real   For just a minute she was standin' there, with me      There's a dream that I keep havin' where my mama comes to me   And she kneels down over by the window and says a prayer for me   I got my own way of prayin'   And everyone's begun with a southern accent, where I come from      We have our own way of livin'   And everything is done with a southern accent, where I come from