Green, Pat - Dixie Lullaby Lyrics
My father had skin like leather
Hands like steel
From a lifetime spent in the cotton fields
Though he'd come home tired and dirty
Almost every night
While that old transister radio would play the opry out in the hall
Id sit and watch their shadows glide across the wall
And they'd dance to a dixie lullaby
Picture of love beneath the southern sky
Oh my what a beautiful life
Just like a dixie lullaby
I left home at 18
In a hand me down chevrolet
It was college, work, and love
Then the babies came
The youngest ones got his grandaddy's name
And in the early morning hours when my children could not sleep.
I'd rock them in my arms to a simple beat
And id sing them a dixie lullaby
Hush baby don't you start to cry
Oh my what a beautiful life
Just like a dixie lullaby
My father was a mountain of a man
That was the description that I gave
The morning that we laid him in his grave
There with my mama by his side, we said our last goodbye
To a man we thought would never die
As I stood there in the fields of amazing grace
Oh how the tears ran down my face.
And I sang him a dixie lullaby
Well meet again, by and by
Oh my what a beautiful life
Just like a dixie lullaby
Oh my what a beautiful life
Just like a dixie lullaby
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Green, Pat Dixie Lullaby Comments
Hey cousin hope your doing good. Your mother is my aunt. Weve never met but you knew my dad and uncle. Tex and terry
18 years ago today my daddy passed . This song has helped me cope for many years. Thanks , Pat .
I love you dad.... you will always be my hero
Beautiful
GOOSEBUMPS EVERY SINGLE TIME !! GREAT SONG !! PAT GREEN TRUE LEGEND !!
I’m literally with pat right now!😂💀
Makes me cry every time I hear it.
What a beautiful song.
Pat Green makes me wish I was from Texas, which says alot bc I'm from Tennessee.
Awesome song!
This song reminds me of my dad who worked hard every day to take care of us. Now he resides in heaven with the Lord.
Come to Asheville please?! :)
It takes a real to sing a song like this thank you pat green
My father just retired from singing after 65 years due to throat problems. Love you dad. I'm a retired drummer due to job duties. Awesome song ..
my dad would hold my mom and sway back forth i just watched and smilded i miss that
Beautiful
I want to be the dad that I never had. I want to work hard and come home to a son and teach him to do right, and spoil my lady. I will do it
One of the most underrated songs ever
Pat Green never gets old. The guy is solid
Well said
Lost my best friend in a house fire may 18 2019. He was 81. Went upstairs to save his wife. They never made it out. I truly understand the meaning of this verse. Thought he would never die. Rest in peace my brother. We miss you. Jerry and Shirlee Schack. We will meet again in that sweet by and by.
I love this song so much
All you thumb down people don't have a heart!
Stupid onions
Thank you for the memories
wasent there to lay him to rest but not far from me so i keep his flowers watered
So much truth in this song. "To a man we thought would never die" really hits close to home. My Dad will always be my hero.
This song gets me every single time. RIP pops. Until I see ya again
One beautiful Song. Brought me close to my father. At the right time, the right place.
Amen. Thank you Pat Green
I'm in VT but always loved this song...tribute to the old man, there was issues but give my life for him now...
Although my ol man and I aren't very close and I told him on several occasions I hated him and he was dead to me I dedicate this song to him. He sucked sometimes as a father but he worked hard to provide and give my brother and sister a good life. Although, I should tell him, but I won't because I'm to stubborn I love u dad.
+david maynard jr , someday your chance to do so will be gone, and regret will forever haunt you.
Pride is a terrible thing. Someday you will regret that you never told him and that day will be too late. Suck it up and be the bigger man.
david maynard jr this is my wifes account but man to man i lost my dad when i was 17 take it from me please please tell your father how much you love him hug that man an never let go id give everything i own to hug my dad just one last time
Great song... Speaks my life in 4:10
Mine too. That makes you AND I, two very, very fortunate people. Thanks Dad.
❤❤❤
The "to a man I thought would never die" verse gets me every time. Beyond grateful that my father and hero are one in the same.
it gets me too, my mom passed away almost 5yrs ago and I have social anxiety cause of it cause she was larger than life itself, but my dad is my hero, he is simply a mountain of a man
this song is my Dad . he is the best man on the planet. thank you Pat for giving us this song. k.busby
I love pat green!!!!! This aong really touches my heart. I lost my dad in 07 and it seems like a yr. Ago. The aong reminds me of him..... i miss my Daddy
I wonder whatever happen to pat green haven't heard any new music in 9 yrs. such a great talented singer miss hearing his music on the radio.
@bigchicken88 Still here! http://patgreen.com/
bigchicken88 just saw him last night in Austin
He’s still active and doing great in Texas. They have their own charts. About all of the artists are independent. There’s enough places they mostly tour in state.
Beautiful song , one of the best in recent times .
I would just like to say Bob wills is still the king, get out of here with this George Strait talk.
Beautiful song. Promotes being a REAL man and REAL love.
It pisses me off when people say texas isn't in dixie
its a place all its own
jesse black There's a difference between Deep South and Dirty South.Most of those that weren't born in Texas got here as fast as they could!!
LOL Texas IS Dixie
It was good to hear a Man make music. A man song of ethics and priorities. Thanks man. Thank you.
This one touched me deep. I had to listen to this 2 times. I almost cry when I hear this. A true work of art. Fantastic. It brings out my emotions of family. The way it use to be.
LOVE* Just saw Pat in concert Friday May 9, 2014 and it was amazing!!! I love this song, so grateful he didn't sing it, however and have me in tears in the middle of such hue crowd
I love and miss you Daddy. RIP Aug. 5, 2013
nicksmom02 that's a day before my birthday. I'm so sorry for your loss.
DEDICATED TO MOM N DAD N UNCLE FRANCIS N AUNT JUNE ! DAYS GONE BY
MUCH LOVE ...ONE MORE DANCE ...
Great song
Saw him a few weeks in graford, Texas at buckets and boots 2013, him and Casey donahew band, and Tracy Lawrence. Pat was the best!! Nicest guy u will ever meet!!!
Hi Rabbit!!!!!!
Awesome.
Love this song, first song me & my husband danced to at our wedding!
Nice to hear real country music!
The guy in the ad before the song (brad paisley) isnt half the singer Pat Green is.
My daddy died last month and it was so unexpected, he was a MOUNTAIN OF A MAN. This song makes me cry. He was such a hard man but had his sweet moments. Never imagined id be this lost with out him.. I will forever love and miss you Daddy. Thanks for always being there for me. Even when i was wrong and didnt wanna hear it.
sorry for your loss
5+ years, hope you're doing better
i agree
With all the music I listen to, this song often gets lost in the shuffle. But it is still one of the only songs I have that no matter when I listen to it I love it. So calming, emotional, a beautifully painted portrait of life.
Wow, that was really a beautiful song and video.
Long live love
I havent seen Pat in over three years. I need me some P Green glow!
Wow bto! Maybe you should relax and hear the lyrics!!
you are heartless if u dont love this song>>>
Im talking about the last decade
You do realize this song was made over 6 years ago?
New country sux dick! This song doesnt mean shit all it is, is about the allmighty dollar anymore
Reminds me of my father. Love this song.
beautiful song reminds me of my granddad. miss you dad!!!!!!!!
Country music comes from old europe folk music you know blue grass whitch as strong influences from Irish and Scottish music not black people at all
LOVE this song!So beautiful it touches my soul:' )
Agree agree agree!
agreed.
Haha, exactly...I'm black and I love country music, Texas Country to be exact. Great music has no "color"
What does being black have to do with anything?
I am going to see him tomorrow night here in Philadelphia at a place called Union Transfer. I am super psyched to see him.
This gives me goose bumps.....love this
@JokerzPrincezz
Me too...when my Daddy passes some day, I will think of this song.
Reminds me of my daddy ♥
@TexasRho83 Ha! TRUE THAT, MY FRIEND!! True that!
This song has the same effect on me as the ending of Ol' Yeller.
A great song, Reminds me of my father. How I miss him
Pat hit #24 in Billboard, in '07. God bless ya, for postin' it. Have a great week!
Pat Green kind of got away from what made him when he went to Nashville. This is one of the ones that he got right after he left Texas!
damn i love this song .
Love the song...the vocal is done with heart and soul....loved it~!
songs got heart and character, well sung .
SOUTHERN PRIDE
He is great and did make it to the bigtime but he saw how corrupt the music industry was and got out of the nashville scene. He said he would rather make ends meet singing to people the way he has always done. Darryl Dodd also made it pretty big but ofcourse you gotta be a sellout pretty boy no talent to make it big now. I mean look at the losers now. 10 of the same idiots up there on cmt always sweeping award shows. Coincidence, I think not, marketing and pop country infiltration.
beautiful song i knew it was a hit as soon as i heard it.go Pat
Guns up!!! Pat Green is a great Texas Tech Red Raider!!!!
@MrBradelz MEDIC
@vgarza1972 Hey...at least they are not making us watch commercials......
Beautiful song.
GREAT SONG ..................VEVO BLOWS
Pat Green writes and performs amazing songs.. I think he could probably be my most favorite country singer just because of how much i can relate to all of his songs.
VEVO sucks green baalllls
A lot of bests came out of Texas. If the music touches you in some way then it's the best.
One of his best by far. Gotta love Pat Green. Met him several times. Great guy.
radney foster hands down is the greatest songwriter born in texas! without a doubt.
pat green looks a lot like my 10th grade math teacher
no way is pat green the best to come outta texas. he's good but george strait is way better.
GREAT SONG!!!!
I luv this vid. itz sooo sweet!!! imagin ur parentz singin dis 2 a litl kid. creepy thought, but a sweet 1