"Southern Roots" lyrics

Crossing over county lines
Sunlight breaking through the pines
Bible quotes on billboard signs
Don't change your mind

There's a reason I don't come back here
Except a couple times a year
Where familiarity and fear
Intertwine

If there's one thing I've found
You can't change the way you sound
You can only change the words that you choose
So I'm putting in the work
And I'm digging in the dirt
And I'm replanting my southern roots

Haunted by the history
Tangled in my family tree
Hate disguised as reverie
As if by design

Oh, those boys back home are much too proud
Of this god-forsaken battleground
And that flag that they still won't take down
After all this time

And if there's one thing I've found
You can't change the way you sound
You can only change the words that you choose
So I'm putting in the work
And I'm digging in the dirt
And I'm replanting my southern roots

There's a great responsibility
That comes with this geography
So right here, I'll plant a brand-new seed
And watch it grow

And if there's one thing I've found
You can't change the way you sound
You can only change the words that you choose
So I'm putting in the work
And I'm digging in the dirt
And I'm replanting my southern roots