Southern Boys and Detroit Wheels (feat. Billy Gibbons)

Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music's first well-known blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music music markets with successful songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. Milsap’s biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song," "Smoky Mountain Rain," "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World," "Any Day Now," and "Stranger in My House," among others. He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 40 number one country hits, third to Ge… more »

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Verse:
HEAR THAT DIXIE THUNDER ROARING THROUGH THOSE BLUE RIDGE HILLS
HAULIN' THAT WHITE LIGHTNING FROM A NEIGHBOR'S MOONSHINE STILL
CAROLINA TO DAYTONA THEY GAVE US ALL A THRILL
THAT'S HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

Verse 2:
SHADE TREE MECHANICS CHANGIN' OIL AND FIXIN' FLATS
THEY COULD PULL A MOTOR YEAH, AND CHANGE IT JUST LIKE THAT
THE MAGIC IN THEIR FINGERS, THE TALENT AND THE WILL
A WINNING COMBINATION, SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

Chorus:
THE PETTYS AND THE ALLISONS AMONG THE CHOSEN FEW
THEY WENT FROM THE BACK ROADS TO MAKING FRONT PAGE NEWS
BORN TO CHASE A DREAM AND BOUND TO LEAD THE FIELD
THEY MAKE MY WORLD GO ROUND, SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

Verse 3:
OH I MISS OL' DALE EARNHARDT NUMBER THREE RIDING HIGH
PEDAL TO THE METAL MAN HE COULD REALLY FLY
TWO THINGS YOU GOTTA HAVE, A HEART OF GOLD AND NERVES OF STEEL
RACING'S IN THEIR BLOOD, SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

Chorus:
THE PETTYS AND THE ALLISONS AMONG THE CHOSEN FEW
THEY WENT FROM THE BACK ROADS TO MAKING FRONT PAGE NEWS
BORN TO CHASE A DREAM AND BOUND TO LEAD THE FIELD
THEY MAKE MY WORLD GO ROUND, SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

YEAH A WINNING COMBINATION, SOUTHERN BOYS AND DETROIT WHEELS

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