[Intro] Am  F  C  G
        Am  F  C  G

         Am                            F
He was a boy who was a dreamer and he flew so high and proud
      C                           G
In a world full of people out to cut his young ass down
    Am                     F
No one ever understood a single word he said
         C                              G
And they cast him to the wolves when he wasn’t well and fed

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    Am                         F
But boys we’ve got a riser, a riser in our midst
    C                             G
And he will get the last laugh if it’s the last thing he did
        Am                         F
And he used to roll around in that red dirt mud
    C                               G
But now he’s skipping town and that riser’s out for blood

[Chorus]

           Am            F
Don’t stop goin’, goin’ south
              C                      G
Cuz’ they’ll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am                F
Don’t stop headin’, headin’ south
          C                              G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth

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         Am                         F
And that boy called his daddy to tell him what he did
          C                                G
That the masses screamed the lyrics of a messed up kid
     Am                               F
And then he told his old man he was never coming back
      C                     G
To be cut down again in a town like that

       Am                            F
And he surely came to learn people come to watch you fall
      C                         G
He's out to make a name and a fool out of 'em all
            Am                     F
And they’ll never understand that boy and his kind
      C                          G
Cuz’ all they comprehend is a fuckin' dollar sign

[Chorus]

           Am            F
Don’t stop goin’, goin’ south
              C                      G
Cuz’ they’ll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am                F
Don’t stop headin’, headin’ south
          C                              G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth