Tim McGraw has a wonderful song out called "Southern Voice" that I just love. And you'll notice from my list of favorite songs, Dixie don't do country.
But I do Southern. Proudly. Innocently. Easily. Joyfully!!
'Course, that's all I know. I've lived in the South all my life. I don't know any other life but this - any other way but our way. And I love it. Love it, I tell you. I love the slower pace of life here. We get tore up if we catch all the red lights down the main highway. Or if you don't turn your blinker on for the right turn. I love how we all know each other or 'know of' each other. I may not know you, but I know somebody who does. Or who is related to you. Or who was married to you once. Or twice. And I love our accent. I love those flat 'vowls' that make all the difference in the way we sound and the way Yankees sound. (And for the record, Yankees are anybody that don't talk like us! Geography doesn't matter.)
So what Tim says in his song "Southern Voice" - that's us, that's our life.
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