1. When I was a kid Uncle Remus would put me to bed

2. Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does

3. When I was in school I ran with the kid down the street

With a picture of Stonewall Jackson a - bove my head

But you ain't a - fraid if you're washed in the blood like I was

And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed

Then Daddy came in to kiss his little man

The smell of cape jasmine through the window screen

But I was smarter than most and I could choose

With gin on his breath, and a Bible in his hand

John R. and the Wolfman kept me company

Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news

He talked about honor and things I should know, then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door

By the light of the radio by my bed, with Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head

When I was eighteen, Lord, I hit the road, but it really doesn't matter how far I go

CHORUS: I can still hear the soft southern wind in the live oak trees

And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me, Hank and Tennessee

I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be, so what do you do with good ole boys like me?