Neil Young - Alabama Lyrics






Oh Alabama
The devil fools
With the best laid plan
Swing low Alabama
You got the spare change
You got to feel strange
And now the moment
Is all that it meant

Alabama, you got
The weight on your shoulders
That's breaking your back
Your Cadillac
Has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track

Oh Alabama
Banjos playing
Through the broken glass
Windows down in Alabama
See the old folks
Tied in white robes
Hear the banjo
Don't it take you down home?

Alabama, you got
The weight on your shoulders
That's breaking your back
Your Cadillac
Has got a wheel in the ditch
And a wheel on the track

Oh Alabama
Can I see you
And shake your hand
Make friends down in Alabama
I'm from a new land
I come to you
And see all this ruin
What are you doing Alabama?
You got the rest of the union
To help you along
What's going wrong?





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  1. F.... O....

    "Chills, literally chills"
    Jacob Peralta

  2. -.... X....

    This song is heavy af I can hear the barn

  3. M.... f....

    And so the years passed...

  4. L.... i....

    You couldn't pay me to live in Alabama. Pure sh*thole.

  5. M.... C....

    SUBLIME

  6. C.... R....

    There r good people in Alabama.

  7. G.... R....

    Alabama's vote Democrat.....save your souls

  8. D.... H....

    I'm slowly coming to the raalisation that Neil Young is God.

  9. J.... S....

    Okey dokey doggie daddy

  10. S.... B....

    the whole world is a big alabama

  11. r.... b....

    Fuck that

  12. F.... C....

    Vieux mais toujours aussi émouvant j’adore à jamais

  13. P.... ....

    Southern Man Don't need him round anyhow.

    P.... ....

    Pwnzistor See the old folks tied in white ropes hear the banjo don't it take you down home

  14. M.... f....

    Fuck alabama/sessions/trump...

  15. M.... G....

    sublime et intemporel ♥

  16. M.... K....

    The beginning of this tune reminds me of trying to fire up the ole mini bike, itd a catch and run like a top.

  17. O.... ....

    David crosby and graham nash are on this too.

  18. J.... H....

    Yes. True. Why? Well, it's Abe Lincoln's fault. He destroyed the Agricultural machine the South in order to establish the Industrial and War machines that exist today. The South never really recovered from that. Abe committed genocide on his own people.

  19. F.... B....

    Neil: Alabama is full of poverty and racists!


    Lynyrd Skynyrd: At least the sky is blue lawl

  20. J.... P....

    Southern man don't need you anyhow.

    J.... P....

    John Paul I heard screaming and bullwhips crackin'

  21. r.... ....

    "Well I hope Neil Young will remember
    A southern man don't need him around anyhow"
    Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama

    r.... ....

    relkins44 Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along.

  22. J.... P....

    As much as I love the song Sweet Home Alabama, Neil was speaking the truth

    J.... P....

    There are racists EVERYWHERE!! White racists, black racists, hispanic racists, asian racists...

    J.... P....

    What truth? He wrote a song about a place and a time he didn't experience. This song is as inspired by truth as any other work of fiction like Gangs of New York.

    J.... P....

    @JP : Correct but it was HIS truth based upon a distant observation.

  23. t.... ....

    Bonjour Alabama !!! 4 sept 2019

  24. w.... w....

    Love this song. IMHO, this one is better than Sweet Home, Alabama. Both are great, this one is a bit greater.

  25. l.... ....

    Canadian white savior!

  26. A.... B....

    Go Dawgs

  27. C.... F....

    heard neil young talking about us, heard old neil put us down.

    C.... F....

    well I hope Neil Young will remember..

    C.... F....

    See the old folks tied in white ropes,hear the banjo don't it take you down home

  28. M.... f....

    The guitar opening of this song is iconic, equal to Strawberry Fields and Strawberry Letter...

  29. C.... R....

    Sweet home

  30. B.... T....

    I can almost feel my hair and beard grow listening to this! takes me back to the 1970s when I worked for Fender Guitar. Now, at 67, that's a lot of water under the bridge.

  31. R.... C....

    Neil Young actually got Stephen Stills and David Crosby to do background vocals. I thought that CSNY's break-up was more acrimonious.

    R.... C....

    Graham is unaccredited on this. I heard somewhere they did it all separately.

  32. A.... G....

    Brilliance never fades.💘

  33. S.... L....

    HOW DID THIS SONG BECOME AN ABORTION ISSUE??

    S.... L....

    Sofonda Logic because Alabama has recently passed restrictive abortion laws

  34. S.... L....

    This is the white version of a rap feud!.
    Fun

  35. D.... F....

    It's amazing that Alabama is a thriving state now. You liberals can hate them for upholding conservative thought but I'd rather live there than California.

  36. W.... D....

    Idk but south of i-10, Alabama is really nice.

  37. A.... M....

    Wow Alabama is so terrible not wanting to kill all those babies. We need more babies killed now!!!!

    A.... M....

    This but unironically.

  38. R.... E....

    same ole shit...

  39. M.... C....

    Neil still nails it in 2019. Fuck you Alabama.

  40. E.... H....

    Go to hell Alabama , you are everything exept sweet !

    E.... H....

    And you are a f’n saint 🤨

  41. L.... i....

    Fuck Alabama.

  42. A.... f....

    I'm also the guy that blasts this song when ever I'm in alabama just to piss people off

  43. A.... f....

    If I were Neil I would sing this song in a special concert in every major city in alabama and not apologize

    A.... f....

    I lived there a year. Great and beautiful state!

    A.... f....

    With Southern Man as the encore

  44. d.... 2....

    sweet home bavaria

  45. D.... P....

    Their Abortion laws are right and all crybabies can suck it

  46. -.... X....

    131 senators disliked this video

    -.... X....

    along with the whole of Lynyrd Skynyrd

    -.... X....

    All of the democrats hate anything which serves to unite races.. it goes against the "divide and conquer" policy which was perfected by hussein obama.

    -.... X....

    @Doug Durrum Kilroy was here...

  47. -.... X....

    Your Cadillac now has all four wheels in a deep ditch.

    -.... X....

    Jimmy Page 1971 off-roading in the pile of filth that is their state. Let's remember that their citizens are responsible for voting in these law makers, and they must be responsible for voting them out.

    -.... X....

    The wheels have popped and fallen off and the Cadillac has caught on fire and fell off a cliff

  48. a.... f....

    Hand maids tale is real down in alabama.. blessed be the fruit

  49. R.... B....

    Alabama has redeemed itself and maybe America too.

  50. A.... V....

    Neil Young you were so right.

  51. J.... P....

    Some things never change.

    J.... P....

    Jim Peluso
    Did you go to Cal poly Pomona ?

    J.... P....

    @Greg Snyder GO BRONCOS! No I didn't.

  52. D.... B....

    Relevant meow

    D.... B....

    Denny Belhammond did you just say meow

    D.... B....

    You got me. “Guilty as Charged” (1978GH?)

  53. S.... W....

    The definition of timeless--when you can return to a song decades later and the lyrics are still applicable.

    S.... W....

    All too applicable today, unfortunately.

  54. M.... N....

    Recorded 48 years ago and the lyrics haven't aged a day. Incredible from Neil's perspective, horrible and disappointing as an American.

    M.... N....

    get over yourself

    M.... N....

    what a shithole of a state

  55. G.... J....

    Sad that this song is so appropriate in May 2019.

  56. n.... ....

    thank you mister/master Y!

  57. T.... C....

    VINDICATED!!!

  58. L.... H....

    hell yeah

  59. D.... M....

    "States rights should supersede Federal rights, we need tighter pollution standards & gun control than what Bush is proposing"-Libs in the 2000's

    D.... M....

    We want government out of people's lives, but excuse me we have to go monitor every uterus in the country. CONservatives.

    D.... M....

    @Life in the 413 Ya because we don't want babies to be killed

    D.... M....

    @Rock21 If that were true then you would give a shit about a baby once it's born but you don't actually care. "If you're pre-born they love you, if you're preschool you're fucked."


    George Carlin nailed what you shits are.

  60. T.... ....

    Round head

  61. M.... B....

    And here we are in 2019

    M.... B....

    Get lost

    M.... B....

    Great album!

  62. m.... ....

    Anyone else here because Neil Young is now vindicated?

    m.... ....

    Bob Schneider Agreed, but Neil himself thought it was too harsh & even sung along w/Skynyrd once after they dissed him in SHA. Now I’ll bet he feels less sorry.

    m.... ....

    @mjparthum I'm sure he's taken that back already.

    m.... ....

    Vindicated from what?

    m.... ....

    Wrong question, Chief...

    m.... ....

    I'm just here because I love the song.

  63. P.... Z....

    Neil had it right- fuck Alabama

  64. S.... J....

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama-abortion-law-passed-alabama-passes-near-total-abortion-ban-with-no-exceptions-for-rape-or-incest-2019-05-14/?&cf=1

  65. M.... G....

    Neil Young should have never been asked to apologize for this nasty state.

    M.... G....

    @Carolyn Zaremba smh

    M.... G....

    A southern man dont need him around

    M.... G....

    @Carolyn Zaremba he apologized after the song,not in the song

    M.... G....

    @Matt Frankman Thank you for your Canadian sanity. Do you have any more on hand, perchance? We could use some more.. D.A. JD NYC

    M.... G....

    He didn't know what the hell he was talking about. He dissed an entire people he knew nothing about, dirt poor white people who had nothing to do with slavery.

  66. a.... v....

    Alabam You've got the rest of the Union to help you along

  67. S.... ....

    How could anyone dislike this?

  68. k.... ....

    I love how Lynyrd Skynyrd's response was basically ''Lol yeah, and?''

    k.... ....

    They were fans of Neil, it was more or less a tongue in cheek response

    k.... ....

    Ronnie Van Zant often preformed wearing a Neil Young t shirt.

    k.... ....

    @A&L
    They understood and agreed with what Neil Young was singing about, they were more or less saying we'll take care of it. Was 'Walk on' a response to 'Sweet home Alabama?'

  69. M.... ....

    did you help save nelson

  70. M.... B....

    Fuck me ....my 61 BD buy me and fly me

  71. A.... N....

    Southern man dont need him around anyhow

    A.... N....

    @art vallejos I was responding to Asa

    A.... N....

    IrishTemper13 Please search Neil Young. Change Your Mind

    A.... N....

    @art vallejos LOL what does that even mean? I've been listening to Neil Young since 1972. I was yawning at the Lynyrd Skynyrd reference Asa made.

    A.... N....

    IrishTemper13 It doesn't mean a thing world on a string I was just suggesting a good song by. NY but you probably already know that song cuz You've been listening to NY since 1972

    A.... N....

    We'll see

  72. G.... K....

    SAME SONG FOR CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK.LIBERAL STATES.

    G.... K....

    tf does that mean

    G.... K....

    TA----------it means he's a dumbass

    G.... K....

    grow up

    G.... K....

    Are we listening to the same song?

  73. Q.... L....

    Sound Like To QUEEN : v

    Q.... L....

    What? no resemblance to queen?

    Q.... L....

    What???

  74. a.... v....

    Born to rock

    a.... v....

    art vallejos “YOU WERE BORN TO ROCK YOU WILL NEVER BE AN OPERA STAR”

  75. g.... ....

    Best track on lp

    g.... ....

    There is no best track on this album. Only your opinion of one. To each his own.

    g.... ....

    gerthie weekend

    g.... ....

    Words( Between the lines of age)

  76. F.... G....

    Oh Alabama
    The devil fools
    with the best laid plan.
    Swing low Alabama
    You got spare change
    You got to feel strange
    And now the moment
    is all that it meant.

    Alabama, you got
    the weight on your shoulders
    That's breaking your back.
    Your Cadillac
    has got a wheel in the ditch
    And a wheel on the track

    Oh Alabama
    Banjos playing
    through the broken glass
    Windows down in Alabama.
    See the old folks
    tied in white ropes
    Hear the banjo.
    Don't it take you down home?

    Alabama, you got
    the weight on your shoulders
    That's breaking your back.
    Your Cadillac
    has got a wheel in the ditch
    And a wheel on the track

    Oh Alabama.
    Can I see you
    and shake your hand.
    Make friends down in Alabama.
    I'm from a new land
    I come to you
    and see all this ruin
    What are you doing Alabama?
    You got the rest of the union
    to help you along
    What's going wrong?

    F.... G....

    Thank you for posting the lyrics and taking the time to do it !!! Neil Young is one of my favorites !!! 0916/19 Spokane WA !

    F.... G....

    Robes.... White robes, why can't anyone get hat right? See the old folks tied in white robes.... KKK? ;)

    F.... G....

    #deadhead4life

    F.... G....

    Those are very powerful lyrics and he is not pulling any punches!

  77. O.... G....

    Too bad Neil & Skynyrd never toured together. Great song!

    O.... G....

    @kevinjames You are correct. Van Zant use to wear a Tonights the Night t-shirt on stage afterwards. They wrote Sweet Home Alabama jokingly and they loved Neil and his music. Neil played Alabama and then Sweet Home Alabama on stage, in Miami, soon after the plane crash. He never played Alabama again.

    O.... G....

    Skynyrd were the most racist band all over...... Neil wrote many songs "against" them, this is one of them, with Southern Man"

    O.... G....

    @MIMHONEY "In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo-hoo-hoo
    Now we all did what we could do" was an affront to Wallace's oppositions to desegregation. Gary Rossington has even pledged to stop associating the band with the Confederate flag. Neil Young did not write "many songs" against them. "Sweet Home Alabama" was produced after "Alabama" and "Southern Man." So, unless Neil had a time machine, he couldn't have written those in response to LS's song. Saying they were racist is propagating a false narrative based upon hearsay and subjective, theoretical rumors.

    O.... G....

    Alabam You've got the rest of the Union to help you along

    O.... G....

    @Diego Hernandez That's exactly what was originally reported.