Well, this life that I've live has took me everywhere There ain't no place I ain't never gone But it's kind of like the saying that you heard so many times Well, there just ain't no place like home Did you ever see a she-gator protect her young Or a fish in a river swimming free? Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennessee? And, Lord, I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song 'Cause I can see the concrete slowly creepin' Lord, take me and mine before that comes Would you like to see a mountain stream a-flowin'? Would you like to see a youngin' with his dog Did you ever stop to think about, well, the air your breathin'? Well, you better listen to my song And, Lord, I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song Yes but I can see the concrete slowly creepin' Lord, take me and mine before that comes I'm not tryin' to put down no big cities But the things they write about us is just a bore Well, you can take a boy out of ol' dixieland Lord but you'll never take ol' dixie from a boy And, Lord, I can't make any changes All I can do is write 'em in a song Yes but I can see the concrete slowly creepin' Lord, take me and mine before that comes 'Cause I can see the concrete slowly creepin' Lord, take me and mine before that comes