[Intro]
Am  F  C  G  x2


[Verse 1]
      Am                           F
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
They cast him to the wolves when he wasn't well and fed


[Interlude]
Am  F  C  G


[Verse 2]
Am                         F
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 going, going south
               C                       G
'Cause they'll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am               F
Don't stop heading, heading south
          C                             G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth


[Interlude]
Am  F  C  G


[Verse 3]
         Am                          F
And that boy he called his daddy to tell him what he did
       C                             G
As the masses scream the lyrics of a messed up kid
    Am                               F
And then he told that old man he was never coming back
      C                   G
To be cut down again in a town like that


[Verse 4]
       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
'Cause all they comprehend is a fuckin' dollar sign


[Chorus]
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
               C                       G
'Cause they'll let you play your music real damn loud
           Am               F
Don't stop heading, heading south
                 C                             G
'Cause they will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth

           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
          C                             G
They will understand the words that are pouring from your mouth
           Am           F
Don't stop going, going south
              C                         G
Cause they'll let you scream your music real damn loud