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!