She had a dead-end job at the National BankAnd a deadbeat husband who always drankSo when he didn't come home she had the gender thingFor the tears in her eyesSo Dixie packed up and said her goodbyesAnd she went driving so far awayNobody's gonna find her flyingJust fast enough to leave it all behind herBut she didn't know till she hit the roadDeep in her soulShe's got the fire and the fight of a gypsyAin't nothing stronger than the heart of DixieThe heart of DixieIt's a funny thing when your world falls downIt's got a way of showing you what you're all aboutNow Dixie's got her wheels pointing southAnd she ain't never looking backNobody knew she was brave like thatAnd she went driving so far awayNobody's gonna find her flyingJust fast enough to leave it all behind herBut she didn't know till she hit the roadDeep in her soulShe's got the fire and the fight of a gypsyAin't nothing stronger than the heart of DixieThe heart of DixieYeah, Dixie woke up to the truth one dayGrabbed her cheap sunglasses and her lipstick caseAnd she went driving so far awayNobody's gonna find her flyingJust fast enough to leave it all behind herBut she didn't know till she hit the roadDeep in her soulShe's got the fire and the fight of a gypsyAin't nothing stronger than the heart of DixieThe heart of DixieThe heart of DixieOohThe heart of DixieOohyou