Southern Accents

14 ContributorsRebels Lyrics“Rebels” was a single off of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Southern Accents album in 1985. The song tells the sad story of a man whose alcoholism has dominated his life and strained his relationship with… Read More Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow

You know you won't feel this way tomorrow

Well, maybe a little rough around the edges

Or inside a little hollow

I get faced with some things sometimes

That are so hard to swallow, hey!

I was born a rebel, down in Dixie

On a Sunday mornin'

Yeah with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel, born a rebel

She picked me up in the mornin'

And she paid all my tickets

Then she screamed in the car

Left me out in the thicket

Well I never would've dreamed

That her heart was so wicked

Yeah but I keep coming back

'Cause it's so hard to kick it, hey, hey, hey

I was born a rebel, down in Dixie

On a Sunday mornin'

Yeah with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel, born a rebel

Even before my father's father

They called us all rebels

As they burned our cornfields

And left our cities leveled

I can still feel the eyes of those blue-bellied devils

Yeah, when I'm walking round at night

Through the concrete and metal, hey, hey, hey

I was born a rebel, down in Dixie

On a Sunday mornin'

Yeah with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel, born a rebel

I was born a rebel, down in Dixie

On a Sunday mornin'

Yeah with one foot in the grave

And one foot on the pedal

I was born a rebel, born a rebel

Hey hey hey

7 ContributorsIt Ain’t Nothin’ to Me LyricsWe got a man on the moon (it ain't nothin' to me)

We got more comin' soon (it ain't nothin' to me)

Got natives in New Guinea with gold in their teeth

Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)

But when you dance, I can go right with you

Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you

We got smilin' politicians (it ain't nothin' to me)

Got songs from rich musicians (it ain't nothin' to me)

Called Tokyo long distance and the queen came for tea

Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)

But when you dance, I can go right with you

Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you

I got a dog on my leg (it ain't nothin' to me)

I'm walkin' on eggs (it ain't nothin' to me)

Missionaries walkin' backwards, touch 'em and they bleed

Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)

'Cause when you dance, I can go right with you

When you dance, I can go right with you

Yeah when you dance, I can go right with you

Yeah when you dance, I just go

Everyone has a message (it ain't nothin' to me)

For avoiding the wreckage (it ain't nothin' to me)

Got gypsies at home watchin' Jerry Falwell on TV

Might mean somethin' to you (it ain't nothin' to me)

Oh, nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me)

It ain't nothin' to me (it ain't nothin' to me)

Yeah (it ain't nothin' to me)

Absolutely (it ain't nothin' to me)

Infinitum

(It ain't nothin' to me)

Oh yes, that's really somethin'

(It ain't nothin' to me)

(It ain't nothin' to me)

(It ain't nothin' to me)

Oh yes, that's really somethin'

(It ain't nothin' to me)

(It ain't nothin' to me)

[Verse 1]

There's a southern accent, where I come from

The young 'uns call it country

The Yankees call it dumb

[Chorus]

I got my own way of talkin'

But everything is done, with a southern accent

Where I come from

[Verse 2]

Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's

Just a motel room to me

Think I might go work Orlando

If them orange groves don't freeze

[Chorus]

I got my own way of workin'

But everything is run, with a southern accent

Where I come from

[Bridge]

For just a minute there I was dreaming

For just a minute it was all so real

For just a minute she was standing there, with me

[Verse 3]

There's a dream I keep having

Where my mama comes to me

Then kneels down over by the window

And says a prayer for me

[Chorus]

I got my own way of prayin'

But every one's begun

With a southern accent

Where I come from

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

I got my own way of livin'

But everything gets done

With a southern accent

Where I come from