18 Songs You Should Know If You're From the South
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18 Songs You Should Know If You're From the South

Everything from modern country to the classics.

Alyssa Danielle Crumpton
Mar 01, 2018
Troy University
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18 Songs You Should Know If You're From the South
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If you grew up in the south or moved here for college you definitely should have heard these songs on the radio, at the bar, or by whoever has the aux. But just in case you haven't, here you go.

1. "Dixieland Delight" - Alabama

"Home grown country girl
Gonna give me a whirl
On a Tennessee Saturday night
Lucky as a seven
Livin' in Heaven
With my dixieland delight"

You will hear this at every frat party you go to, trust me.

2. "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" - David Allan Coe

"And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standing' in the rain
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even called me by my name"

3. "Any Man of Mine" - Shania Twain

"Any man of mine better walk the line"

enough said..

4. "Leave The Pieces" - The Wreckers

"Don't worry about this heart of mine
Just take your love and hit the road
'Cause nothing you can do or say
You're gonna break my heart anyway
So just leave the pieces when you go"

5. "Already Gone" - Sugarland

"They say the first time won't ever last
But that didn't stop me. the first time he laughed
All my friends tried to warn me the day that we met
'Girl, don't you lose your heart yet'"

6. "Settlin'" - Sugarland

"I ain't settling for just getting by
I've had enough so-so for the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high
Just enough ain't enough this time
I ain't settling for anything less than everything, yeah"

7. "Head's Carolina, Tails California" - Jo Dee Messina

"Heads Carolina, tails California
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean
Where don't matter long as we're goin'
Somewhere together, I got a quarter
Heads Carolina, tails California"


8. "Watermelon Crawl" - Tracy Byrd

"He said we got a hundred gallons of sweet red wine
Made from the biggest watermelons on the vine
Help yourself to some but obey the law
If you drink don't drive do the watermelon crawl"

9. "Cowboy Take Me Away" - Dixie Chicks

"I wanna walk and not run
I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon and not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one for miles and miles
Except for maybe you and your simple smile"

10. "All My Friends Say" - Luke Bryan

"You know I don't remember a thing
But they say I sure was raising some cane
I was a rock star, party hard
Getting over you, comeback kid
Yeah, I must have did
What all my friends say"

11. "My Town" - Montgomery Gentry


"Where I came back to settle down
This is where they'll put me in the ground
This is my town"


12. "Dust on the Bottle" - David Lee Murphy

"You're still with me, and we've made some memories
After all these years, there's one thing I've found
Some say good love, well, it's like a fine wine
It keeps getting better as the days go by"

13. "Troubadour" - George Strait


"Well the truth about a mirror
Is that a damn old mirror
Don't really tell the whole truth
It don't show what's deep inside
Or read between the lines
And it's really no reflection of my youth"

14. "Laughed Until We Cried" - Jason Aldean

"Goin' through my closet the other day
I found an old yearbook, flipped right to the page of that senior trip
Down there on that Panama strip
We all started yelling when we smelled the beach
Just couldn't wait to try our fake ID's
We only had a few days
And a whole lot of memories to make"

15. "Good Directions" - Billy Currington

"I told her way up yonder past the caution light
There's a little country store with an old Coke sign
You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea
Then a left will take you to the interstate
But a right will bring you right back here to me"

16. "Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill

"Well, I spent a few weeks in California
They put my face on the big movie screen
But that don't mean I've forgotten where I came from
That's just me chasing dreams"

17. "Believe" - Brooks & Dunn

"I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what I can see"

18. "If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie" - Hank Williams Jr.

"If Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If Heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home"

Go ahead, add these to your playlist now if you haven't already. I promise they'll come in handy soon enough.

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