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Dixie On My Mind

This version of Dixie On My Mind was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1976.

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It rained all night in Frisco and my sleeping bag got soaked
I woke up this morning, I was cold and wet and broke
I lit up my last cigarette at the California line
But I got Dixie on my mind

I flagged down a semi going into Denver town
It was snowing in them Rockies and he had to shut her down
And them Colorado Rocky Mountains sure are lookin’ fine
But I got Dixie on my mind

Well, I got me a ride through Texas on a flat bed diesel truck
He said, “Where are you going?”, I said “It don’t matter much”
Just drop me anywhere below that Mason Dixon line
‘Cause I got Dixie on my mind

I love that sippin’ whiskey, Carolina Mountain Dew
And them Alabama hotcakes and that Georgia burnin’ stew
I’m crazy about magnolia trees and honeysuckle vines
And I got Dixie on my mind

Just drop me anywhere below that Mason Dixon line
‘Cause I got Dixie on my mind
I got Dixie on my mind

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You can understand the lyrics to Dixie On My Mind if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Dixie On My Mind" means the words set to the music of Dixie On My Mind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Charlie Daniels Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Dixie On My Mind and the lyrics to Dixie On My Mind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Charlie Daniels Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dixie On My Mind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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