[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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?

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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?

[Chorus]
Alabama
You've got the rest of the Union
To help you along
What's going wrong?