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When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bedWith a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my headThen daddy came in to kiss his little manWith gin on his breath and a Bible in his handHe talked about honor and things I should knowThen he'd stagger a little as he went out the doorCHORUS:I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak treesAnd those Williams boys they still mean a lot to meHank and TennesseeI guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna beSo what do you do with good ole boys like meNothing makes a sound in the night like the wind doesBut you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like I wasThe smell of cape jasmine thru the window screenJohn R. and the Wolfman kept me companyBy the light of the radio by my bedWith Thomas Wolfe whispering in my headWhen I was in school I ran with kid down the streetBut I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speedBut I was smarter than most and I could chooseLearned to talk like the man on the six o'clock newsWhen I was eighteen, Lord, I hit the roadBut it really doesn't matter how far I go