Look Away

Bobby took a trip to his Georgia hometown
 To the land of dreams and just to have a look around
 He parked his car at the courthouse square
 But it was like a ghost town, there was nobody there
 And Jim's Drugstore was a tanning salon
 He asked an old man, "Where's ev'rybody gone?"
 He found them out at the shopping center
 Where Highway One meets Interstate Twenty
 The country boys weren't wearing overalls
 They were wearing suits made of camouflage
 Southern belles talking like "Valley Girls"
 He scratched his head and said, "What in the world?"
 Dixie's had a facelift, I guess she's looking better
 But I kinda liked the old one, I never will forget her
 Look away
 Johnny took a trip to his Florida hometown
 To the land of his dreams and just to have a look around
 At first he thought that he was on the wrong road
 'Cause he didn't see any orange groves
 Now, trailer parks and condos grew on the land that he once knew
 He saw the city limits sign and guessed he'd crossed the city line
 There were strangers everywhere he went, with loud sport shirts and strange accents
 They took the north and they moved it south, he said, "Shut my redneck mouth!"
 Billy took a trip to his Tennessee town
 To the land of his dreams and just to have a look around
 He drove his car down Music Row
 To look up stars he used to know
 But the secretaries wouldn't let him in, "Leave your name and call again"
 So, he thought he'd get some barbeque at a little place that he once knew
 But all he found were sushi bars and dealerships for foreign cars
 And buildings that reached for the sky, he said, "Where the hell am I?"
 Dixie's had a facelift, I guess she's looking better
 But I kinda liked the old one, I never will forget her
 Look away, gone away, far away, Dixieland