♪Me and my best friend Lillian and her blue-tail cow dog GiddySittin' on the round porch, coolin' in the shadeSingin' every song the radio playedWaitin' for the Alabama sun to go downTwo red dirt girls in a red dirt townMe and LillianJust across the line and a little southeast of MeridianShe loved her brother, I remember back whenHe was fixin' up a 49 IndianHe told her little sister gonna ride the windUp around the moon and back againNever got farther than VietnamI was standin' there with her when the telegram come, LillianNow he's lyin' somewhere about a million miles from MeridianSittin' on my shoulder, red dirt girlsSomewhere out there in the great big worldThat's where I'm boundAnd the stars might fall on AlabamaBut one of these days I'm gonna swing my hammer downAway from this red dirt townGonna make a joyful soundShe grew up tall and she grew up bigBuried that old dog GideonBy a craved little bush at the back of the yardHer daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hardGot in trouble with a boy from townFigured that she might as well settle downSo she dug right inAcross the red dirt line just a little southeast of MeridianIf she tried hard to love him but it never did takeIt was just another way with a heart to breakSo she learned to bendOne thing they don't tell you about the bluesWhen you got them, they keep on fallin'There ain't no bottom, there ain't no endAt least not for meNobody knows when she started her skidShe was only 27 and she had five kidsCould've been the whiskey, could've been the pillsCould've been the dream she was tryin' to killBut there won't be a mention in the news of the worldOf the love and the death of a red dirt girl named WillieWho never got any further across the line than MeridianNow the stars still fall on AlabamaTonight she finally laid that hammer downWithout a soundIn the red dirt groundAh, ah, ahThank you.