There's a lasting impression forever in my mind
A mental picture of a place that I call home
And whenever this big city starts to move too fast
I can kick off these shoes and flip it on
I see a white farm house and a flatbed truck
And an old barn filled with winter hay
And a barge out in the channel takes its own sweet time
By tonight he'll be a hundred miles away
I can float across the river, wade on up the creek
Walk on down a country road just killin' time
No matter where I go I'll always be in an Alabama state of mind
I can still smell the dirt of an new plowed field
And watch the sun set on the river 'til it's gone
And all God's creatures come alive on a moonlit night
And make joyful noise all of their own
And on a laid-back Summer Sunday after church
Kinfolk come around and visit for awhile
And I can almost taste what's on my plate
Sunday dinner cooked up Southern style!
And I can float across the river, wade on up the creek
Walk on down a country road just killin' time
No matter where I go I'll always be in an Alabama state of mind
Well if you catch me in a daydream you
Will know that I'm in an Alabama state of mind!