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

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Birmingham, birmingham
The greatest city in alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
But there's 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

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