Oh Alabama 
The devil fools 
with the best laid plan. 
Swing low Alabama 
You got spare change 
You got to feel strange 
And now the moment 
is all that it meant. 

Alabama, you got 
the weight on your shoulders 
That's breaking your back. 
Your Cadillac 
has got a wheel in the ditch 
And a wheel on the track 

Oh Alabama 
Banjos playing 
through the broken glass 
Windows down in Alabama. 
See the old folks 
tied in white ropes 
Hear the banjo. 
Don't it take you down home? 

Alabama, you got 
the weight on your shoulders 
That's breaking your back. 
Your Cadillac 
has got a wheel in the ditch 
And a wheel on the track 

Oh Alabama. 
Can I see you 
and shake your hand. 
Make friends down in Alabama. 
I'm from a new land  [bad word] to you 
and see all [bad word] 
What are you doing Alabama? 
You got the rest of the union 
to help you along 
What's going wrong?