Alabama - Down Home Lyrics






Just off of the beaten path
A little dot on the state road map
That's where I was born and where I'll die

Things move at a slower pace
Nobody's in a rat race
And these days that's a special way of life

[Chorus:]
Down Home
Where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down Home
A mans good word and a hand shake are all you need
Folks know
If they're fallin' on hard times they can fall back home
Those of us raised up down home

In the corner of the hardware store
Gathered round on a checkered board
Old men telling lies and crownin' kings

Kids drivin' round the old town square
Cops roll down int he cool night air
Go and see what's shakin' at the Dairy Queen

[Chorus:]
Down Home
Where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down Home
A mans good word and a hand shake are all you need
Folks know
If they're fallin' on hard times they can fall back home
Those of us raised up down home

When I was a boy I couldn't wait to leave this place
But now I wanna see my children raised

Down Home
Down Home

Folks know
If there fallin' on hard times they can fall back home
Those of us raised up
Down Home
Where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down Home
A mans good word and a handshake are all you need
Folks know
If they're fallin' on hard times they can fall back home
Those of us raised up
Down Home

Down Home
Way down home
Down home
Down Home
Way down home





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  1. L.... C....

    "Down home" where they know you by name and treat you like family. the motto my whole family and i always lived by

  2. C.... B....

    Yes however country folk are not automatically exempted from Sin , they just try there best to stay on the right path and do the right thing .

  3. P.... Y....

    Down Home VS. Country Roads. This battle will be revolutionary.

  4. A.... B....

    Just got towed from a stranger this morning. Love my down home people. Really friendly. God bless all small towns and homes.

  5. u.... m....

    I live up.north but after a accident happens I got fucked lol they say I blew a stop sign when I didn't huh lol God bless Indiana lol were the cops fuck up.reports and screw u well I'm going to file except for state county and federal government taxes comes tax time answer is bankruptcy lol easy trick to.get up on ur Fett fast it's legal I no alot of people who did it

  6. M.... M....

    Lol.poplol.

  7. s.... ....

    Really good old country

  8. C.... M....

    I played this at my mum's... Rip gorgeous woman.So many good memories...to the rest of my family may you rest easy.xx

  9. f.... w....

    Its better if you put it at 1.25

  10. B.... H....

    We all got to pick one song to conduct for with our band, choir, and orchestra and I picked this song. I only had 2 people singing because with all of the people half of the choir was off by like 3 seconds

  11. W.... 1....

    Myrtle Creek, Oregon

  12. M.... M....

    Alabama is one of my favorite groups

  13. F.... W....

    This song kicks ass

  14. P.... M....

    I like your music. God bless you and your family. I believe in God and angels right now. I have been lessoning to your music since I have been in High School. I hope that you keep singing for a long time. I like to lesson to music when I am cleaning the house.

  15. T.... C....

    Grew up in NC southern outerbanks in a little province called Wildwood in a town called Newport. All my fondest memories are from there and so is most my family. Now they're trying to run a four lane bypass through it.. :(

  16. M.... O....

    Quincy, Illinois is Down Home to me. Never leaving the city of 43,000 on the Mighty Missippi River

  17. D.... W....

    Can't wait until I'm off school for Christmas break so I can visit my family in Missouri. Down home.

  18. J.... K....

    i get all tingly at this song.

  19. J.... S....

    My state may be western but, this song still fits my state perfectly. Sure, people hate it, but the people there treat you with such respect and we all care for one another. I honestly don't know why people hate it so much.

  20. J.... D....

    I grew up in Huntsville, AL. Every year my mom would take us school shopping at the outlet stores in Boaz, and we usually would shoot through Fort Payne to buy socks, just because Fort Payne was the supposed "sock capital of the world" lol. We'd go to the Alabama museum, all that good stuff. I'll have this song played at my funeral because this song is really how it feels down here.

  21. J.... D....

    I grew up in Huntsville, AL. Every year my mom would take us school shopping at the outlet stores in Boaz, and we usually would shoot through Fort Payne to buy socks, just because Fort Payne was the supposed "sock capital of the world" lol. We'd go to the Alabama museum, all that good stuff. I'll have this song played at my funeral because this song is really how it feels down here.

  22. D.... B....

    Nothing better than old country it's all I listen too most of the time

  23. N.... ....

    to listen to a song by a band that has the same name as your state good lord this band is the BEST

  24. J.... K....

    really good song love it guys

  25. P.... W....

    Clearly one of the best songs ever written. I'm from a small town where everybody knows everybody by name and treats everybody like family.

    P.... W....

    Pat Welds same here nothing like a small town farming community

    P.... W....

    I am fro Fredericksberg Texas the smallest town in texas and I know every single person in my town and we are all friends

    P.... W....

    Unless you are an outsider. I hate small towns. Clique, snobby. Everything is closed, including their minds. Good Song though.

  26. D.... W....

    ACC's #8 song of the '91 survey year. The boys from Ft. Payne hit #1 in Billboard, 4-13-91. God bless y'all, Alabama cousins! Thanx, friend, for postin' it. Have a blessed New Year!

  27. F.... G....

    Reminds me of going back to Tabusintac, New Brunswick. Every 5 years for old home week. Seeing family once every five years isn't enough. Brings me back. Love it

  28. M.... T....

    Aint nothing like good ole country music.............

  29. K.... ....

    I like the songs Alabama sings my favorite one is song of the south

  30. M.... L....

    I listen to that cd every single day!!!! Don't get much better than Alabama

  31. l.... b....

    I don't listen to country, however the melody of this is pulling me closer!

  32. w.... ....

    COUNTRY music Hell ya

  33. S.... R....

    I've said it once and i'll say it again. I'm a city girl, but I LOVE my country music.

  34. d.... ....

    this is my comfort song!

  35. J.... W....

    Oh I was born off the beaten path, a dot on the map for sure. Down home, Deal Island, Maryland....And, I thank God for down home.

  36. T.... H....

    Here in the big city everyone treats me like family and if I fall on hard time I have a whole city and a couple other cities in the area that will help me. And everyone knows me by my nickname and not my real name. The only thing is my own family treats me like a stranger and even use to make fun of me when I was a kid. Funny how life is. LOL

  37. C.... B....

    I love this song :)

  38. c.... ....

    Ain't nothin like "Down Home" for those of us raised up, down home! It's a different way of life down here....and we wouldn't have it any other way!!!

  39. W.... ....

    a man word and handshake is all need is wat i wish was true today

  40. e.... ....

    best song ever

  41. S.... G....

    Well QUIT!!! yearning about it WE ARE DOWN HOME WAITING FOR YA

  42. T.... M....

    hardly any places like that, anymore :(

    T.... M....

    Trebor Meerkat my Home town in Texas is a great example of this song!☺️

  43. 4.... ....

    This song reminds you that home is the one place that you can go to when times are tough

  44. b.... ....

    this song describes exactly where i live

  45. l.... ....

    2 dislikes never been down home!!

  46. T.... ....

    @shortcoursetim, did it ever occur to you that if our country was to stop all of its logging operations, then we would have to import all of our wood from foreign countries just to build homes among other things. We need wood and loggers just as much as we need food and farmers. These are the things that keep this country alive. Have a great day! :)

  47. K.... E....

    being country doesnt mean you gotta have the biggest truck and dress in plaid and wear boots, country is a way of life no matter if your from the city or country, the simple life and loving your family, hardworking, and honest person is what country is

    K.... E....

    Amen brother.

  48. S.... ....

    Who else thinks of The Dukes of Hazzard when listening to this?

    S.... ....

    The best show of all time

  49. G.... ....

    @gnomegnarly13 thanks dude...sorry to hear about your grandparents but i am glad they survived it. hope you have a safe trip and that they recover soon. praying for y'all to

  50. G.... ....

    My town Ringgold, GA was hit two days ago by a tornado. there are more buildings destroyed then are left standing. this song brings a tear to my eye. especially the line about the hardware store since thats where a work and it too is gone. please have Ringgold in your prayers

  51. s.... ....

    @ZackVDH I know. I used to live in the country but my parents and I moved into town. It's a small town though so it ain't too bad.

  52. k.... b....

    love this song reminds me of home

  53. R.... H....

    you spelt hope wrong lol love the song tho

  54. k.... h....

    I love this song.

  55. 1.... ....

    god bless country music....this is my life and how i live, nothin better

  56. A.... C....

    love this song

  57. D.... ....

    @AviatorsC21 What city, state ya from?

  58. u.... ....

    what a song. Reminds me of home and how much i miss it and i only lived in alabama part of my life

  59. l.... ....

    man i always wanted to live in the country, have a farm, some animals, but im stuck in a neighborhood in the city district
    theres no place like down home

  60. b.... ....

    I dont even get a dot