Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Lyrics
"Southern Accents"

There's a southern accent
Where I come from.
The youngin's call it country,
The Yankees call it dumb.

I got my own way of talking,
But everything gets done
With a southern accent
Where I come from.

Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's
Just a motel room to me.
Think I might work in Orlando
If them orange groves don't freeze.

I got my own way of working
But everything is run
With a southern accent
Where I come from.

For just a minute, there I was dreaming.
For just a minute, it was all so real.
For just a minute, she was standing there with me.

There's a dream I keep having
Where my mamma comes to me
And kneels down over by the window
And says a prayer for me.

I got my own way of praying
But everyone's begun
With a southern accent
Where I come from.

I got my own way of living
But everything gets done
With a southern accent
Where I come from.