Field and stream, meadow and mountain
Forest and fountain, ocean and sky
My back to the wind, a southern exposure
Nothin' comes closer to paradise
Nothin' comes closer

Salt of the earth, fathers and mothers
Sisters and brothers, family friends
Singin' in church, old-time religion
Southern tradition, gone with the wind
Yes, it's gone, gone, gone with the wind, gone with the wind
Yes, it's gone, gone, gone with the wind

Yesterday is gone, today I surrender
And let me remember the days gone by
I'll bring life a southern exposure
Nothin' comes closer to paradise
Nothin' comes closer to paradise