Southern Roots (feat. Katie Pruitt)

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