Southern State Of Mind

I was up in New York City just the other week

You should've seen the waitress face when I ordered sweet tea

She said we don't have that here and I apologized

I said, "Please forgive me, I'm in a Southern state of mind"

And those girls out in California they don't understand

They don't like it when I hold the door or when I say, "Yes, ma'am"

They act like I done something wrong and they give me the evil eye

I say, "Honey, I'm sorry, I'm in a Southern state of mind"

I could be anywhere

In my heart I'm always there

Where they drink sweet tea and they raise you to be polite

No changin' who I am

That's the way I've always been

No matter what state I'm in

I'm in a Southern state of mind

I'm always walkin' 'round tellin' everybody, "Hi"

Just a wavin' at the strangers in the cars passin' by

Some people may look at me and say, "That boy just ain't right"

Hey, y'all, I ain't crazy I'm in a Southern state of mind

I could be anywhere

In my heart I'm always there

Where you know everybody if you don't then you're still polite

No changin' who I am

That's the way I've always been

No matter what state I'm in

I'm in a Southern state of mind

You can see it in the clothes I wear, you can hear it when I talk

Ball cap, boots and jeans and a little Southern drawl

I could be up in Ohio or back home in Caroline

No matter what state I'm in

I'm in a Southern state of mind

Don't matter what state I'm in

I'm in a Southern state of mind

Yeah, alright

A Southern state of mind

Come on, come on oh-oh