There's a southern accent where I come fromThe young'uns call it countryThe Yankees call it dumbI got my own way of talkingBut everything is doneWith a southern accentWhere I come fromNow that drunk tank in AtlantaJust a motel room to meThink I might go work OrlandoIf them orange groves don't free meI got my own way of workingBut everything is wrongWith a southern accentWhere I come fromFor just a minute thereI was dreamingFor just a minuteIt was all so realFor just a minuteShe was standing there with meOoh, oohIn that dream that I keep havingMy Mama comes to meAnd she kneels down over by the windowsAnd she says a prayer for meI got my own way of prayingAnd every prayer's begunWith a southern accentWhere I come fromYes, I'm proud of who I amA southern girl from a southern townI ain't ashamed, I ain't ashamed, I ain't ashamedNo, I ain't, no, I ain't, no, I ain'tI got my own way of livingBut everything gets doneWith a southern accentWith a southern, southern accentWhere I come fromWhere I come from