When your wheelhouse is the land of cotton
The first time you leave, it can be strange
It can be shocking
Not everybody drives a truck, not everybody drinks sweet tea
Not everybody owns a gun, wears a ball cap, boots and jeans
Not everybody goes to church or watches every NASCAR race
Not everybody knows the words to "Ring of Fire" or "Amazing Grace"
Oh, Dixie Land
I hope you understand
When I miss my Tennessee home
And I've been away way too long
I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern comfort zone
I have walked the streets of Rome, I have been to foreign lands
I know what it's like to talk and have nobody understand
I have seen the Eiffel Tower lit up on a Paris night
I have kissed a West Coast girl underneath the Northern lights
I know what it's like to be the only one like me
To take a good hard look around and be in the minority
And yeah, I miss my Tennessee home
And I've been away way too long
But I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern comfort zone
I miss your biscuits and your gravy
Fireflies dancing in the night
You have fed me, you have saved me
Billy Graham and Martha White
But I've since become a drifter
And I just can't wait to pack
'Cause I know the route I leave on
It will always bring me back
Look away, look away
I miss my Tennessee home
And I've been away way too long
But I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern comfort zone
Look away, look away