Got a wife, got a family Earn my livin' with my hand I'm a roller in a steel mill In downtown Birmingham My daddy was a barber And a most unsightly man He was born in Tuscaloosa But he died right here in Birmingham Birmingham, Birmingham The greatest city in Alabam' You can travel 'cross this entire land But there ain't no place like Birmingham Wife's named Mary But she's called Marie
We live in a three room house With a pepper tree I work all day in the factory That's alright with me Got a big black dog Whose name is Dan Lives in my backyard in Birmingham He is the meanest dog in Alabam' Get 'em Dan Birmingham, Birmingham The greatest city in Alabam' You can travel 'cross this entire land But there ain't no place like Birmingham