Economics shut the furnace down,
Bull Connor hosed some children down,
George Wallace faced them Yankees down
in Birmingham.
Take a left on the interstate
in the middle of the sultry state.
I can't wait to see your face,
Birmingham.
"I don't think it was worth it."
The last thing Stanley said to me.
Twenty-four years till a bullet in the chest and
I still see him in my sleep.
Fifteen dollars in the purse he couldn't save.
Family didn't even buy a stone to mark his grave.
Call me up, if you need a place to stay in
Birmingham.
Birmingham.
Most of my family came from Birmingham.
I can feel their presence on the street.
Vulcan Park has seen it's share of troubled times,
but the city won't admit defeat.
Magic City's magic's getting stronger
Dynamite Hill ain't on fire any longer.
No man should ever have to feel he don't belong in
Birmingham.
Birmingham.
Birmingham.
Birmingham.