I was born and raised down in the south You know it as soon as I open my mouth All those cotton fields have blown away Unless you're rich there ain't no reason to stay I'm up in each road in this factory Leaving her back home is killing me I told my baby I'm a homesick man She said I'll bring you up some Dixieland There'll be a hoedown in Motown tonight She's gonna bring some southern sun to these northern skies We'll make sweet tea and some good fried chicken Ohh, it's gonna be so finger liking There'll be a hoedown in Motown tonight All my buddies say I'm country square Told her I used to get locked up in here I said, you know there are some real cool cats But when they see you they forget all that They all listen to that hip hop rap There ain't n way you can dance to that When you get out that on violin You're gonna show more some fiddling There'll be a hoedown in Motown tonight She's gonna bring some southern sun to these northern skies We'll make sweet tea and some good fried chicken Ohh, it's gonna be so finger liking There'll be a hoedown in Motown tonight We'll make sweet tea and some good fried chicken Yeah, it's gonna be so finger liking There'll be a hoedown in Motown tonight There's gonna be this hoedown in Motown tonight