Southbound Still

[Verse 1]
Got my copper pot, got my grandpa's trade Got a federal warrant for the whiskey I made Up in Pennsylvania, they call it a sin But a farmer's gotta live when the harvest comes in George Washington's comin' with a saber and a drum Can't tax the sweat, boy, so I gotta run Yeah, I gotta run

[Chorus]
Wagon wheel turnin', goodbye to the rye Got my eyes on that Kentucky sky Goin' where the corn grows tall and free Ain't no tax man gonna follow me Fire in the belly, freedom in the wheel I'm a southbound still

[Verse 2]
Crossed the Monongahela, over the divide Found a limestone spring on the other side Don't need no rye grain, got a field of corn Where a new kind of rebel spirit's born Gonna burn the barrel, make it black and sweet Gonna stomp the blues with my own two feet With my own two feet

[Chorus]
Wagon wheel turnin', goodbye to the rye Got my eyes on that Kentucky sky Goin' where the corn grows tall and free Ain't no tax man gonna follow me Fire in the belly, freedom in the wheel I'm a southbound still

[Bridge]
They can keep their cities, they can keep their laws I'll keep my traditions and my mountain haws From the hills of Harlan to the Tennessee line That clear-burnin' proof, boy, it's gonna shine Gonna shine, gonna shine

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Wagon wheel turnin', goodbye to the rye Got my eyes on that Kentucky sky Goin' where the corn grows tall and free Ain't no tax man gonna follow me Fire in the belly, freedom in the wheel I'm a southbound still

[Outro]
Southbound still Headed for the hills Yeah, a southbound still